Global Names Architecture

Scientific Names Services

The Global Names Architecture (GNA) is a system of web-services which helps people to register, find, index, check and organize biological scientific names and interconnect on-line information about species.

Resolve

Check if the names you have are real, spelled right, and currently used.

Resolver →

Find

Discover scientific names in texts, PDFs, and even images you took in a Natural History Museum.

Name Finder →

Register

If you are a zoologist -- you can officially register species electronically.

Zoobank →