Congratulations Professor Anya Reading!
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
Four species are added to the Tasmanian list:
Neoodax /renatus (Gunther), 1862 [Neoodacidae],
Petraites phillipi (Lucas), 1891 [Clinidae],
Cristiceps argyropleura Kner, 1865 [Clinidae],
Ophiclinops varius (McCulloch & Waite), 1918
[Ophiclinidae]; some general observations are
made on each of these. Other species are discussed
as follows. Syngnathidae: Stigmatopora nigra
Kaup, 1856 (supernumerary opercular keels),
Syngnathus curtirostris Castelnau, 1872 (dimensions
and proportions, meristic features including
data on termination and origin of body ridges,
regional intensity of ground color). Neoodacidae:
comparative observations on all Tasmanian species
except Neoodax attenuatus (Ogilby), 1897. Clinidae:
Clinus perspicillatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836
(dorsal and anal radial patterns, tentacles), Clinus
puellarum Scott, 1955 (general account of a third
Tasmanian specimen) , Petraites heptaeolus
(Ogilby), 1885 (further records), Petraites
johnstoni (Saville-Kent), 1886 (tentacles), Petraites
jorsteri (Castelnau), 1872 (tentacles), Cristiceps
australis Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836 (tentacles).
Rostral and ocular tentacles of the Tasmanian
clinids are figured.
Published Papers
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.
On 15 February 2021, the Royal Society of Tasmania offered a formal Apology to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
