Compares WoC records with the complete accepted taxonomy on WoRMS. Identifies species that are missing entirely from WoC, and species that are present but have no type locality record. Results include WoRMS citations (type-species originals) that can be sent to check-IN as draft submissions.
Detects and merges suspect duplicate occurrences. Tier 1 = identical NCBI accession, or identical coords + year + DOI (auto-mergeable with confidence). Tier 2 = same year, coordinates within 100m (needs human review). Records with Claim_extinction are excluded โ never merged.
โ Merges modify records โ they are reversible per cluster. Mirror records remain in DB but are intended to be hidden from public displays (filter not yet wired).
