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OBIS

api.obis.org

The Ocean Biodiversity Information System, IOC-UNESCO's global marine biodiversity database: 229 million occurrence records, taxon records keyed to WoRMS AphiaIDs, regional species checklists, dataset metadata and marine area definitions.

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Runs on your machine under the source's own terms

The crw MCP on your computer calls OBIS directly. Calls cost no credits and the data does not pass through fastCRW. Install it once for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, Gemini CLI or OpenCode, with your fastCRW API key in place of the placeholder:

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A prompt for your agent that names this source and how to call it through the crw MCP.

  • Marine areas

    Use OBIS (obis) from fastCRW Pergamon, capability "Marine areas" (areas). You need an area id to filter occurrences or checklists by region. Use the crw MCP tools: crw_find_data to confirm the source and its options, then crw_get_data with provider "obis" and capability "areas". Tell me the credits used and cite the licence from the response. If the crw MCP tools are missing, install them with: npx -y crw-mcp install --api-key <your fastCRW API key>

  • Taxon checklist

    Use OBIS (obis) from fastCRW Pergamon, capability "Taxon checklist" (checklist). You want the species list for a group rather than individual records - what has been recorded, not where. Example options: taxonid=51, areaid=1. Use the crw MCP tools: crw_find_data to confirm the source and its options, then crw_get_data with provider "obis" and capability "checklist". Tell me the credits used and cite the licence from the response. If the crw MCP tools are missing, install them with: npx -y crw-mcp install --api-key <your fastCRW API key>

  • One dataset

    Use OBIS (obis) from fastCRW Pergamon, capability "One dataset" (dataset). You hold a dataset UUID from an occurrence record and need its provenance and citation. Example options: id=5422689c-d83d-44e8-87f4-a4b0a5117181. Use the crw MCP tools: crw_find_data to confirm the source and its options, then crw_get_data with provider "obis" and capability "dataset". Tell me the credits used and cite the licence from the response. If the crw MCP tools are missing, install them with: npx -y crw-mcp install --api-key <your fastCRW API key>

  • Datasets

    Use OBIS (obis) from fastCRW Pergamon, capability "Datasets" (datasets). You are looking for datasets by title or publisher, or want to know which datasets make up a record set. Example options: q=coral. Use the crw MCP tools: crw_find_data to confirm the source and its options, then crw_get_data with provider "obis" and capability "datasets". Tell me the credits used and cite the licence from the response. If the crw MCP tools are missing, install them with: npx -y crw-mcp install --api-key <your fastCRW API key>