No taxa match the specimen

Your specimen does not completely match any of the taxa in the data set. This could be because: you have made errors in entering information about the specimen; there are errors in the data; or the taxon to which your specimen belongs is not in the data set. If you press the "Allow mismatches" button, taxa will not be eliminated unless they differ from the specimen in more than the indicated number of characters. This will allow you to continue the identification. The list of remaining taxa will show, in parentheses, the number of differences between the specimen and each taxon.

Alternatively, you can alter some of the information you have already entered by clicking on the appropriate character in the "Used Characters" pane. The program again displays the box for selecting character states or entering values, and you can change the information you previously entered. You can also remove the character from the identification by clearing all the information. To deselect a previously selected state value, click on it again. If you think the identification is too badly wrong to be worth salvaging, press the "Restart identification" button to start afresh.