Prethopalpus attenboroughi

Prethopalpus attenboroughi, or Attenborough's goblin spider, is a tiny spider named after Sir David Attenborough, that is found only on Horn Island off northern Queensland in Australia. The millimeter-long spider was described in 2012 by Dr Barbara Baehr of the Queensland Museum and Professor Mark Harvey of the Western Australian Museum.[1]

Prethopalpus attenboroughi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oonopidae
Genus: Prethopalpus
Species:
P. attenboroughi
Binomial name
Prethopalpus attenboroughi
Baehr & Harvey, 2012

The male type specimen was collected in 1986; the female is unknown.[2]

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  1. ^ "Australian spider named after Sir David Attenborough". BBC News. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  2. ^ Baehr, B. C.; Harvey, M. S.; Burger, M.; Thoma, M. (2012). "The New Australasian Goblin Spider Genus Prethopalpus (Araneae, Oonopidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (369): 1–113. doi:10.1206/763.1. hdl:2246/6185.
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