''Prethopalpus attenboroughi'', or Attenborough's goblin spider, is a tiny
spider named after Sir
David Attenborough
Sir David Frederick Attenborough (; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and author. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, the nine natural histor ...
, that is found only on
Horn Island off northern
Queensland in
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. The millimeter-long
spider was described in 2012 by Dr
Barbara Baehr
Barbara Baehr (born Hoffmann; 25 February 1953) is a German research scientist, entomologist, arachnologist, and spider taxonomist. She has described over 400 new spider species, mostly from Australia. She is originally from Pforzheim, Germany.
...
of the
Queensland Museum and Professor Mark Harvey of the
Western Australian Museum.
The male type specimen was collected in 1986; the female is unknown.
See also
*
List of things named after David Attenborough and his works
References
External links
New species named for Sir David AttenboroughWA Museum news, 4 August 2012
Oonopidae
Spiders of Australia
Spiders described in 2012
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