EDIT

Fix recursive merge call

Add new merge method for root entitites which returns the newly created MergeResult object

Add new service method for retrieving all associated taxa for a specimen

Extend media gathering for taxon specimens

Add merge method to return updated transient object for lists

#5256 Add test for description reference problem

Updating develop poms back to pre merge state

Updating develop poms to hotfix version to avoid merge conflicts

resolving conficts in project versions after hotfixrelease

#5288 - avoiding unncessary entitiy loading, using uuid instead in dao methods