A
newly-discovered species of goblin spider has been named in honor of
British TV naturalist David Attenborough, and is now classified as
Prethopalpus attenboroughi. The informal name will be Attenborough's goblin spider.
In
an acceptance speech in Perth, Western Australia, Sir David said about
his new namesake: "I take it that it is careful in its judgement,
merciless, certainly beautiful and I will treasure it and I thank you
very much indeed for this.
"Naming a species is the biggest of
compliments that you could ask from any scientific community and I truly
thank you very much indeed for this one."
The spider is commonly
known as a goblin spider, so the scientists behind the find said that
made it Attenborough's goblin spider.
It was not the first such honor for Attenborough: a fossil fish was named
Materpiscis attenboroughi previously.
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