Not easy to find "any type for species X" - should API provide this?

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Reporter: atalavan
Type: Improvement
Summary: Not easy to find "any type for species X" - should API provide this?
Priority: Critical
Resolution: Fixed
Status: Closed
Created: 2014-03-20 16:04:48.683
Updated: 2014-06-23 12:23:31.377
Resolved: 2014-06-23 12:23:24.742
        
        
Description: I was trying to make what I understand a very normal query: 'Where are the types of this species stored?'. For this query I am not interested in knowing exactly which type of type they are, just that they are types.

I tried selecting the option 'type' in the type query parameter, but gave no results.

I tried selection all the type categories in the same query parameter, which I had to do manually, and it was only then that I obtained two isotypes and one holotype, which was what I wanted.

There should be a much more easy way to do that. I am sure that most of those type categories listed are terribly infrequent.

*Reporter*: Alberto González
*E-mail*: [mailto:atalavan]]]>
    

Author: kbraak@gbif.org
Created: 2014-03-20 16:54:36.953
Updated: 2014-03-20 16:54:36.953
        
Duplicates POR-1939

This issue has been fixed by [~fmendez@gbif.org]. I urge you to try your search once more. Thanks.
    

Author: mdoering@gbif.org
Created: 2014-03-20 21:06:03.932
Updated: 2014-03-20 21:06:03.932
        
This is not a duplicate but a valid usability question.

To see any type records of a species, location or whatever else, some simple selection should be offered. Maybe make the first "type" entry a catch all type record filter.

The type species and genus entry should be removed, they dont make sense for occurrences!