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RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.

Anphilaemon kingi gen. et sp. nov., a land-leech on King Island, Bass Strait (Haemadipsoidae: Domanibdellidae)

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Summary

Anphilaemon, Philaemoninae, distinctive in having the nephropores on ix a 1 , x a 1, anterior, close to viii/ix, ix/x, in the middle of xi a1; differs from Philaemon s. s. in having the paramedian somital sense organs included in the borders of the median dorsal dark band; a continuous narrow contrast stripe along the medial edge of the paramedian field, the field completed by a dark band extending across the intermediate field, with the intermediate sense organs median and the supramarginals lateral in the band.

Acknowledgement of Country

The Royal Society of Tasmania acknowledges, with deep respect, the traditional owners of this land, and the ongoing custodianship of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania. The Society pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that Tasmanian Aboriginal Peoples have survived severe and unjust impacts resulting from invasion and dispossession of their Country. As an institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, the Royal Society of Tasmania recognises Aboriginal cultural knowledge and practices and seeks to respect and honour these traditions and the deep understanding they represent.

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On 15 February 2021, the Royal Society of Tasmania offered a formal Apology to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.