From 58ecccb95d047c41144986af0e8ff56b9439e6a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gaurav Vaidya <gaurav@ggvaidya.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 01:40:11 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Allow empty taxa and specimens during a save.

---
 src/components/specifiers/Specifier.vue | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/specifiers/Specifier.vue b/src/components/specifiers/Specifier.vue
index 35f27e02..dec787ef 100644
--- a/src/components/specifiers/Specifier.vue
+++ b/src/components/specifiers/Specifier.vue
@@ -720,12 +720,12 @@ export default {
       switch (this.specifierClass) {
         case 'Taxon':
           // Set up a taxonomic unit for this taxon.
-          result = this.wrappedTaxonConcept.tunit;
+          result = this.wrappedTaxonConcept.tunit || {};
           break;
 
         case 'Specimen':
           // Set up a taxonomic unit for this specimen.
-          result = SpecimenWrapper.fromOccurrenceID(this.occurrenceID);
+          result = SpecimenWrapper.fromOccurrenceID(this.occurrenceID) || {};
           break;
 
         case 'External reference':