Constructs "accepted_id" column which contains the "AphiaID" of the respective "accepted" taxon
takes data.frame as output by wormsbynames ,
wormsbymatchnames, or wormsbyid
and add field "accepted_id" wich contains the "AphiaID"
of the respective "accepted" taxon
wormsaccepted(x, verbose = TRUE, n_iter = 10)
x |
data.frame |
verbose |
be verbose |
n_iter |
maximum search depth. Usually 3 is sufficient. Safety feature for breaking the |
This function helps updating you taxon information and eliminates ambiguity
because the valid AphiaID is nor neccessary the AphiaID of an accepted taxon. You should run
wormsconsolidate bevorhand to enshure all "accepted" taxons are present.
a data frame.
## start with IDs that are no longer up to date
# get the Aphia information
u<-wormsbyid(c(424548,340537))
#recursively retrive information on the taxa they refer to
v<-wormsconsolidate(u)
# what are the currently correct "accepted" taxa? Answer: "accepted_id".
w<-wormsaccepted(v)
w[,c("scientificname","AphiaID","status","valid_AphiaID","valid_name","accepted_id")]Please choose more modern alternatives, such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.