Given the species list and a mapping function, each species is passed into the function in a new process, then the results are collected when all processes complete.

Given either an ann, an {ann, fitness} tuple, or an {ann, fitness, tsi} tuple, ann is returned.

Uses SipHash to generate a (usually) unique 64 bit id given the provided term. The same term will always produce the same id.

Converts a species to a json, where each ANN’s json is in the list under property “species” (in arbitrary order)