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        //BOTTOM-UP-SPECIMEN-TABLE

        // --- generate the specimen list as table

        $specimen_table = array(

            '#theme' => 'table',

            '#weight' => 2,

            // prefix attributes and rows with '#' to let it pass toF the theme function,

            // otherwise it is handled as child render array

            '#attributes' => array('class' => 'specimens'),

            '#rows' => array(),

        );

        if ($specimensOrObservations) {

            foreach ($specimensOrObservations as $specimenOrObservation) {

                $mediaList = array();

                if (is_array($specimenOrObservation->_fieldObjectMedia)) {

                    $mediaList = array_merge($mediaList, $specimenOrObservation->_fieldObjectMedia);

                }

                if (is_array($specimenOrObservation->_derivedUnitMedia)) {

                    $mediaList = array_merge($mediaList, $specimenOrObservation->_derivedUnitMedia);

                }

                // typelabel will contain the typeStatus

                $type_label = '';

                $typeDesignationPager = cdm_ws_get(CDM_WS_OCCURRENCE . '/$0/specimenTypeDesignations', $specimenOrObservation->uuid);

                if (isset($typeDesignationPager) and isset($typeDesignationPager->records)) {

                    $type_status = array();

                    foreach ($typeDesignationPager->records as $typeDesignation) {

                        if (isset($typeDesignation->typeStatus->representation_L10n)){

                            $type_status[] = $typeDesignation->typeStatus->representation_L10n;

                        }

                    }

                    $type_label = implode(', ', $type_status);

                    if($type_label){

                        $type_label .= ': ' ;

                    }

                }

                // --- Specimen entry as dynamic label:

                //     -> Dynabox for the specimenOrObservation

                $gallery_name = $specimenOrObservation->uuid;

                $derived_unit_ws_request = cdm_compose_url(CDM_WS_OCCURRENCE, array( $specimenOrObservation->uuid));

                // --- Render associated media.

                $gallery_html = '';

                if (count($mediaList) > 0) {

                    $gallery_settings = getGallerySettings(CDM_DATAPORTAL_SPECIMEN_GALLERY_NAME);

                    $captionElements = array(

                        '#uri' => t('open media'),

                    );

                    $gallery_html = compose_cdm_media_gallerie(array(

                        'mediaList' => $mediaList,

                        'galleryName' => $gallery_name,

                        'maxExtend' => $gallery_settings['cdm_dataportal_media_maxextend'],

                        'cols' => $gallery_settings['cdm_dataportal_media_cols'],

                        'maxRows' => isset($gallery_settings['cdm_dataportal_media_maxRows']) ? isset($gallery_settings['cdm_dataportal_media_maxRows']) : null,

                        'captionElements' => $captionElements,

                        'mediaLinkType' => 'LIGHTBOX',

                        'alternativeMediaUri' => NULL,

                        'galleryLinkUri' => NULL,

                    ));

                }

                //here we should use the data we already have

                $label_html = cdm_dynabox(

                  $specimenOrObservation->uuid,

                  $type_label . $specimenOrObservation->titleCache,

                  $derived_unit_ws_request,

                  'cdm_specimen_or_observation',

                  'Click for details',

                  array('div', 'div'),

                  array(),

                  null, // $content_element_selector

                  'function(){ jQuery(\'#media_gallery_' . $gallery_name . '\').hide(); }', // open_callback

                  'function(){ jQuery(\'#media_gallery_' . $gallery_name . '\').show(); }' // close_callback

                );

                // --- Render associated media.

                $gallery_html = '';

                if (count($mediaList) > 0) {

                    $gallery_settings = getGallerySettings(CDM_DATAPORTAL_SPECIMEN_GALLERY_NAME);

                    $captionElements = array(

                        '#uri' => t('open media'),

                    );

                    $gallery_html = compose_cdm_media_gallerie(array(

                        'mediaList' => $mediaList,

                        'galleryName' => $gallery_name,

                        'maxExtend' => $gallery_settings['cdm_dataportal_media_maxextend'],

                        'cols' => $gallery_settings['cdm_dataportal_media_cols'],

                        'maxRows' => isset($gallery_settings['cdm_dataportal_media_maxRows']) ? isset($gallery_settings['cdm_dataportal_media_maxRows']) : null,

                        'captionElements' => $captionElements,

                        'mediaLinkType' => 'LIGHTBOX',

                        'alternativeMediaUri' => NULL,

                        'galleryLinkUri' => NULL,

                    ));

                }

                $specimen_table['#rows'][] = array(

                    // An array of table rows. Every row is an array of cells, or an associative array

                    'data' => array(

                        // Each cell can be either a string or an associative array

                        $label_html . $gallery_html

                    ),

                    'class' =>  array(

                        'descriptionElement',

                        'descriptionElement_IndividualsAssociation'

                    ),

                );

            }

        $render_array['specimen_list'] = $specimen_table;

        $render_array['pager'] = markup_to_render_array(

            theme('cdm_pager', array(

                'pager' => $pager,

                'path' => $_REQUEST['q'],

                'parameters' => $_REQUEST,

            )),

            10 // weight

    RenderHints::popFromRenderStack();

    return $render_array;

      $render_array['taxon_profile_image'] = markup_to_render_array('<div id="taxonProfileImage" style="width:' . $taxon_profile_image_settings['maxextend'] . 'px">' . $profile_image . '</div>',