MCP server

Worms Marine Taxa

io.github.cyanheads/worms-marine-taxa-mcp-server

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Resolve WoRMS marine species names; fetch classifications, synonyms, distributions, traits, and IDs.

Source

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

Not verified

Status

Working at last check

Tools

8

Token cost

About 4,970 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http worms-marine-taxa-mcp-server https://worms-marine-taxa.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.worms-marine-taxa-mcp-server]
url = "https://worms-marine-taxa.caseyjhand.com/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"worms-marine-taxa-mcp-server":{"httpUrl":"https://worms-marine-taxa.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"worms-marine-taxa-mcp-server":{"url":"https://worms-marine-taxa.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"worms-marine-taxa-mcp-server":{"type":"http","url":"https://worms-marine-taxa.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add worms-marine-taxa-mcp-server https://worms-marine-taxa.caseyjhand.com/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"worms-marine-taxa-mcp-server","server_url":"https://worms-marine-taxa.caseyjhand.com/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"worms-marine-taxa-mcp-server","server_url":"https://worms-marine-taxa.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}

Tools

• worms_crosswalk_id ~511 tokens
  Crosswalk an AphiaID from worms_resolve_taxon to one or all nine external identifier systems, or reverse an externalId with required type to a full taxon record. Supply exactly one selector. Forward resultOffset indexes whole identifiers across types in requested order; resume nextResultOffset with
• worms_get_classification ~576 tokens
  Retrieve root-to-tip classification and optional direct children for an AphiaID or canonical WoRMS LSID. resultOffset indexes lineage followed by fetched children; consume nextResultOffset with unchanged options and upstream offset before advancing page.nextOffset and resetting resultOffset to zero.
• worms_get_distributions ~882 tokens
  Retrieve recorded distributions for an AphiaID or canonical WoRMS LSID in byte-budgeted segments; resume nextResultOffset as resultOffset with unchanged selectors and filters. WoRMS attaches records to individual name usages, so one AphiaID's rows can miss those of its synonyms: includeSynonyms comb
• worms_get_synonyms ~389 tokens
  Retrieve synonyms for the accepted taxon linked from an AphiaID obtained with worms_resolve_taxon. Consume nextResultOffset within the same upstream offset before advancing page.nextOffset and resetting resultOffset to zero. A present name without an accepted ID has no synonym lookup; inspect it wit
• worms_get_taxon ~832 tokens
  Retrieve full Aphia records by numeric IDs or canonical WoRMS LSIDs in byte-budgeted segments. Resume nextInputOffset as inputOffset using unchanged aphiaIds and options; inputIndex preserves duplicate and missing positions. includeVernaculars (common names) or includeSources (original description,
• worms_get_traits ~581 tokens
  Retrieve recorded attributes for an AphiaID or canonical WoRMS LSID, including inherited attributes by default. Resume nextResultOffset as resultOffset with unchanged selectors and options. Whole rows retain original preorder nodeIndex and parentIndex across pages; parents may be on earlier pages. m
• worms_list_reference ~381 tokens
  List supported external identifier systems, a non-exhaustive taxonomic-status guide grouped as accepted, unaccepted, uncertain, or technical, environment-flag semantics, observed worms_get_distributions filter values, live taxonomic ranks, or live trait definitions. Resume nextResultOffset as result
• worms_resolve_taxon ~818 tokens
  Resolve exact or explicitly fuzzy scientific names, or search one vernacular name as a whole recorded common name or, with vernacularMatch: "contains", as part of one. Names default to marine and extant taxa; vernacular cannot filter. Resume scientific segments with nextInputOffset and nextMatchOffs

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