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GET /v1/search

Search marine species by name

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api.oanor.com/worms-api

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/worms-api/v1/search" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/worms-api/v1/search", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/worms-api/v1/search");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/worms-api/v1/search",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "count": 1,
        "query": "Orcinus orca",
        "species": [
            {
                "url": "https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137102",
                "rank": "Species",
                "class": "Mammalia",
                "genus": "Orcinus",
                "order": "Cetartiodactyla",
                "family": "Delphinidae",
                "phylum": "Chordata",
                "status": "accepted",
                "kingdom": "Animalia",
                "aphia_id": 137102,
                "authority": "(Linnaeus, 1758)",
                "is_marine": true,
                "valid_name": "Orcinus orca",
                "is_brackish": null,
                "valid_aphia_id": 137102,
                "scientific_name": "Orcinus orca"
            }
        ]
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-01T16:23:23.335Z",
        "request_id": "55e75af1-dc93-4a59-aef3-e76380964f56"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Search results retrieved",
    "success": true
}