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Adding Records

There are several ways to add occurrence records, depending on your level of permissions. Editors can add specimens as skeletal records, as full records, and by uploading an image.

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Content by Katie Pearson.

Created on 22 Oct 2021.

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Katie Pearson. Adding Records. In: Symbiota Support Hub (2025). Symbiota Documentation. https://biokic.github.io/symbiota-docs/editor/add/. Created on 22 Oct 2021.

Editor Guide Adding Full Records

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