---
title: "Verbatim name usage by id"
method: GET
path: "/v1/species/{usageKey}/verbatim"
tags: ["Species"]
---

# Verbatim name usage by id

`GET /v1/species/{usageKey}/verbatim`

Retrieves a verbatim name usage.

The response object has JSON properties for each verbatim term property.

## Path parameters

- `usageKey` integer, required

## Response `200`

Verbatim name usage found

- VerbatimNameUsage
  - `key` integer, required — The name usage key that uniquely identifies this name usage.
  - `extensions` object, required — Extension records, holding all verbatim extension terms. A map keyed by extension term names, containing lists of property terms + values.
  - `lastCrawled` string, date-time — The date this record was last crawled (downloaded from the source) during Checklistbank indexing.

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid query
- `404` — Name usage not found

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[API](https://skmtc.net/gbif/apis/species-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/gbif/apis/species-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/gbif/species-api/revisions/156fd5bac927/schema)