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# Merge Similar Species OCCURRENCE DESCRIPTION NOTES EXAMPLES WARNINGS BUGS ## OCCURRENCE
### ARB_NT/Species/Merge Species/Merge Similar Species ### ARB_NT/Sequence/Concatenate sequences/alignments
## DESCRIPTION
### "Merge Similar Species" creates new species by merging fields and alignments of several similar species. Mark all species that should be examined for similarity. Select a database field entry by clicking on the first button to set a similarity-criterion used to detect candidates for merging (for e.g., full_name). Specify the new field name to which the "number of merged species" information is to be stored (e.g., merged_species). Press MERGE SIMILAR SPECIES to start.
## NOTES
### There's a second function to merge species: see ´Join species´
## EXAMPLES
### None
## WARNINGS
### None
## BUGS
### No bugs known