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]
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Scientific classification 
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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
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| Prethopalpus attenboroughi Baehr & Harvey, 2012
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The male type specimen was collected in 1986; the female is unknown.[2]
See also
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edit- ^ "Australian spider named after Sir David Attenborough". BBC News. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ 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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- New species named for Sir David Attenborough WA Museum news, 4 August 2012