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MorphoSource, Duke University's research repository of 3D specimen data (CT scans, meshes, photogrammetry) for biology, paleontology and anthropology: search media and physical objects (specimens) by text, taxon, media type, modality, institution, licence and download access; read a media record with its specimen, taxonomy, scanner and scan parameters, mesh polygon count, file name/format/size, thumbnail, citation and funding, and per-record licence terms (Creative Commons URL, rights statement, commercial-use and 3D-printing terms). Download access is reported as status only: MorphoSource files need a signed-in account, so no download URL is returned. Uses the keyless public REST API.

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Find CT scans of primate skulls on MorphoSource with their institution, licence and whether they are downloadable.

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1Request
string

Media id, e.g. 000769445. Give this or url.

string

Media page URL, e.g. https://www.morphosource.org/concern/media/000769445. Give this or media_id.

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const result = await firecrawl.scrape({
  alexandria: {
    provider: "morphosource-org",
    capability: "models-3d/get_media",
    options: {
      media_id: "000769445",
    },
  },
});
2Response example

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{
  "access": {
    "anonymous_download": false,
    "download_url": null,
    "requires": "a free MorphoSource account and acceptance of the media's use agreement",
    "status": "open_download",
    "visibility": "open"
  },
  "ark": "ark:/87602/m4/769445",
  "cite_as": null,
  "collections": [
    "Colors of Skull Anatomy"
  ],
  "creator": "Jaimi Gray",
  "data_depositor": "Jaimi Gray",
  "data_manager": "University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History - FLMNH Division of Herpetology",
  "date_modified": "2026-05-12T19:15:04Z",
  "date_uploaded": "2025-08-11T17:48:23Z",
  "description": "Skull of a veiled chameleon, Chamaeleo calyptratus, with bones colored and labelled to demonstrate skull anatomy.\r\n\r\nDigital dissection and scene by Jaimi Gray. 3D model produced from a CT scan of a Florida Museum of Natural History specimen (UF herp 191369). Segmentation and mesh files generated using 3D Slicer. Meshes further edited and animation produced in Blender. Anatomy follows Evans, Susan E. “The skull of lizards and tuatara.” Biology of the Reptilia 20 (2008): 1-347. Scanning funded by the oVert TCN project at the University of Florida (NSF DBI-1701714) https://tinyurl.com/oVertwiki",
  "device": "General Electric phoenix v|tome|x m 240",
  "doi": null,
  "external_media_url": "https://skfb.ly/pzUFC",
  "file": {
    "format": "PLY",
    "mime_type": "application/ply",
    "name": "veiled-chameleon-skull-anatomy.ply",
    "size_bytes": 117539838,
    "total_size_bytes": 122014956
  },
  "funding": [
    "NSF DBI-1701714 (\"oVert: TCN\" parent grant)"
  ],
  "geometry": {
    "bits_per_sample": null,
    "bounding_box": {
      "x": 26.829049110412598,
      "y": 57.62051773071289,
      "z": 65.91527462005615
    },
    "contained_file_count": null,
    "has_uv": false,
    "image_height": null,
    "image_width": null,
    "polygon_count": 4366930,
    "vertex_color": true,
    "vertex_count": 2170335
  },
  "imaging_facility": "UF Nanoscale Research Facility",
  "license": {
    "commercial_use": "CommercialUseNotPermitted",
    "derivative_archival": "OnMorphoSource",
    "id": null,
    "ip_holder": "Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida",
    "print_3d_use": "3DPrintingLimited",
    "rights_label": null,
    "rights_statement": null,
    "url": null,
    "use_agreement": "Standard"
  },
  "media_id": "000769445",
  "media_type": "Mesh",
  "modality": "MicroNanoXRayComputedTomography",
  "object": {
    "object_id": "000408235",
    "object_type": "Biological Specimen",
    "organization": "FLMNH Division of Herpetology",
    "taxon": "Chamaeleo calyptratus",
    "taxonomy": [
      "Animalia",
      "Chordata",
      "Reptilia",
      "Squamata",
      "Chamaeleonidae",
      "Chamaeleo",
      "calyptratus"
    ],
    "title": "uf:herp:191369",
    "url": "https://www.morphosource.org/concern/biological_specimens/000408235"
  },
  "observed_at_ms": 1793750400000,
  "parent_media_id": "000408242",
  "part": "skull",
  "publisher": null,
  "scan": {
    "image_count": null,
    "slice_thickness": null,
    "unit": null,
    "x_pixel_spacing": null,
    "y_pixel_spacing": null,
    "z_pixel_spacing": null
  },
  "short_description": "Skull with colored elements",
  "side": "NotApplicable",
  "thumbnail_url": "https://www.morphosource.org/downloads/000769445?file=thumbnail&t=1778613304",
  "title": "Skull",
  "url": "https://www.morphosource.org/concern/media/000769445"
}

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