ensembl_list_species

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Tool of io.github.cyanheads/ensembl-mcp-server

declared in 0.4.0

List species supported by Ensembl with display name, common name, assembly, taxon ID, and division. Required discovery step — species names like homo_sapiens are opaque to non-biologists and are the input format every other Ensembl tool expects. Filter by division to select one; use nameContains to find a species by partial name match. With no division, returns the endpoint default division — the vertebrates (~356 species on the default GRCh38 endpoint); pass a division to list that division.

Parameters schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "division": {
      "enum": [
        "EnsemblVertebrates",
        "EnsemblPlants",
        "EnsemblFungi",
        "EnsemblMetazoa",
        "EnsemblProtists"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Filter to a specific Ensembl division. EnsemblVertebrates includes human, mouse, zebrafish, and other vertebrates. EnsemblPlants covers crop and model plant genomes. EnsemblFungi, EnsemblMetazoa, EnsemblProtists cover non-vertebrate model organisms. Omit to return the endpoint default division (vertebrates)."
    },
    "nameContains": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Case-insensitive substring filter applied locally after fetching. Matches against species name, display name, and common name. Example: \"sapiens\" matches homo_sapiens; \"mouse\" matches mus_musculus."
    }
  }
}

What this tool wraps· 1 endpoint

min confidence0.70 0.50

Data resourceEnsembl Genome Browser
EMBL-EBI · scientific-data
name mention0.85

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https://github.com/cyanheads/ensembl-mcp-server

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