Build a Unified Taxonomy Backbone from FishBase and SeaLifeBase

Joins the species and families tables from both FishBase and SeaLifeBase into a single reference table with scientific names and higher-level taxonomy.

Usage

get_taxa_backbone(version = "latest")

Arguments

version

FishBase / SeaLifeBase release to read. See resolve_db_version().

Value

A tibble with columns: SpecCode, sci_name, Genus, Species, Family, Order, Class, server.