`find_occurrences`

Pack: obis · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/obis/mcp

Find georeferenced marine occurrence records (latitude, longitude, date, depth, country, locality, basis of record) for a scientific name from OBIS. Optionally filter by date range. Returns the total match count plus a sample of records.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`scientificname`	string	yes	Scientific name to search occurrences for, e.g. “Orcinus orca”.
`limit`	number	no	Max records to return (default 20, max 100).
`startdate`	string	no	Earliest event date, YYYY-MM-DD (optional).
`enddate`	string	no	Latest event date, YYYY-MM-DD (optional).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "scientificname": "Orcinus orca",
  "limit": 50
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/obis/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"find_occurrences","arguments":{"scientificname":"Orcinus orca","limit":50}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('find_occurrences', {
  "scientificname": "Orcinus orca",
  "limit": 50
});

More examples

{
  "scientificname": "Calanus finmarchicus",
  "startdate": "2010-01-01",
  "enddate": "2023-12-31",
  "limit": 100
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obis": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/obis/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

find_occurrences