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Controlled vocabulary for the SPECIES_NAME column, Biota table

Source: R/fct_vocabulary.R
species_names_vocabulary.Rd

Returns species information from EPA ECOTOX database.

Usage

species_names_vocabulary()

Value

A data frame of species information

Details

Provides comprehensive species data including common names, scientific names, kingdom, and species group classifications. Data is read from ecotox_2025_06_12_species.parquet and species group classifications. Data is read from ecotox_2025_06_12_species.parquet. Additional entries for "Other" and "Ecosystem" are included. Data retrieved from https://cfpub.epa.gov/ecotox/, 2025.06.12.

Data source: extdata/ecotox_2025_06_12_species.parquet

See also

Other biota: example_biota_tibble(), gender_vocabulary(), initialise_biota_tibble(), lifestage_vocabulary(), species_groups_vocabulary(), tissue_types_vocabulary()

Examples

head(species_names_vocabulary(), 5)
#> # A tibble: 5 × 4
#>   SPECIES_COMMON_NAME SPECIES_NAME          SPECIES_KINGDOM SPECIES_GROUP
#>   <chr>               <chr>                 <chr>           <chr>        
#> 1 Fathead Minnow      Pimephales promelas   Animalia        Fish         
#> 2 Bluegill            Lepomis macrochirus   Animalia        Fish         
#> 3 Brook Trout         Salvelinus fontinalis Animalia        Fish         
#> 4 Rainbow Trout       Oncorhynchus mykiss   Animalia        Fish         
#> 5 Water Flea          Daphnia magna         Animalia        Crustaceans