Species named after Sir David Attenborough - in pictures

A 20 million-year-old grasshopper trapped in amber is the latest species to be named after the natural history broadcaster. From spiders to shrimps, here are some other species carrying his name

theguardian.com, Thursday 31 July 2014 09.00 EDT

Species named after Sir David Attenborough : Sir David Attenborough with a photograph of the — Sir David Attenborough with a photograph of the Prethopalpus attenboroughi spider at the Western Australian Museum in Perth. Photograph: Tony Mcdonough/AAP

Species named after Sir David Attenborough : newly discovered grasshopper named Electrotettix attenboroughi. — A newly discovered pygmy grasshopper species named after the broadcaster - Electrotettix attenboroughi, was found preserved in amber in the Dominican Republic. Photograph: Heads & Thomas/ZooKeys

Species named after Sir David Attenborough: Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes attenboroughii) flowering, endemic to Mount Victoria on Palawan Island, Philippines on 16 April 2010. — Attenborough’s pitcher plant (Nepenthes attenboroughii), endemic to Palawan Island, the Philippines. The species appeared on the 2012 list of the world’s 100 most threatened species compiled by the IUCN species survival commission. Photograph: Ch’ien Lee/Corbis

Species named after Sir David Attenborough The Attenborough, Tree Blakea attenboroughii, was discovered by Lou Jost (EcoMinga) on the Cerro Candelaria Reserve in Ecuador. So far the tree is known only to exist in this location although it may be found to occur at other sites. — This spectacular new species of tree, found only in Ecuador, was named Blakea attenboroughii after being discovered in 2009 in the Cerro Candelaria reserve. Photograph : World Land Trust

Species named after Sir David Attenborough Long-beaked Echidna in highland forests of New Guinea, Zaglossus attenboroughi — A long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi) in the highland forests of New Guinea. Photograph: D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook/Corbis

Species named after Sir David Attenborough: Ctenocheloides attenboroughi, a new ghost shrimp with pectinate claw fingers from Madagascar. — Ctenocheloides attenboroughi, a new ghost shrimp with pectinate claw fingers from Madagascar. Photograph: Arthur Anker/Journal of Natural History

Dr John Long of Museum Victoria in Melbourne holds a model of a placoderm fish fossil that was was found in the Gogo area of north-west Western Australia and was named Materpiscis attenboroughi. — Dr John Long of Museum Victoria in Melbourne holds a model of a placoderm fish fossil that was was found in the Gogo area of north-west Western Australia and was named Materpiscis attenboroughi. Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images

Species named after Sir David Attenborough Attenborosaurus conybeari This dinosaur lived in Europe during the Sinemurian stage of the early Jurassic. — Attenborosaurus conybeari. This dinosaur lived in Europe during the Sinemurian stage of the early Jurassic period. Photograph: NHM

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