What is a species?? (chem)

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List each species containing manganese in the experiment. Give the oxidation state of manganese and the colour of manganese in each case. Explain how you determined this.

Each different element, compound, or ion is a species.

Some examples of manganese species would be:
Mn (the metal)
MnO2
KMnO4
MnO4{-} (the anion)
Mn{+2} (the cation)