---
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 — The name usage key that uniquely identifies this name usage.
  - `extensions` object — 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

## Changes

- **2026-08-20** `03ccf35f8dd9` — 4 breaking, 1 warning
  - the response property `extensions` became optional for the status `200` (media type: application/json)
  - the response property `extensions` became optional for the status `200` (media type: application/x-javascript)
  - the response property `key` became optional for the status `200` (media type: application/json)
  - the response property `key` became optional for the status `200` (media type: application/x-javascript)
  - …1 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/gbif/apis/species-api/changes/v1/species/:usageKey/verbatim/get.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/gbif/apis/species-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/gbif/apis/species-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/gbif/species-api/revisions/03ccf35f8dd9/schema)