Sanitize taxon names for WoRMS matching

Cleans IFCB-style class labels before querying WoRMS. Names longer than max_chars are skipped (returned as empty strings).

Usage

sanitize_worms_query(x, max_chars = 80L)

Arguments

x

Character vector of class/taxon labels.

max_chars

Maximum allowed input length before skipping a query. Default 80.

Value

Character vector of sanitized query strings.

Examples

sanitize_worms_query(c(
  "Prorocentrum_micans",
  "Alexandrium_cf._tamarense",
  "Very_very_long_label_that_should_be_skipped"
), max_chars = 30)
#> [1] "Prorocentrum micans"   "Alexandrium tamarense" ""