private void setSpeciesSpeciesType(Species species, Model model) {
if (species.isSetSpeciesType()) {
String speciesTypeID = species.getSpeciesType();
SpeciesType speciesType = model.getSpeciesType(speciesTypeID);
if (speciesType != null) {
species.setSpeciesType(speciesType);
} else {
// TODO : the speciesType ID doesn't match a speciesType, throw