 A new species of fan-throated lizard from coastal Kerala in southern India was named "Sitana attenboroughii" in his honour when it was described in 2018.In 2018, a new species of phytoplankton, "Syracosphaera azureaplaneta", was named to honour "The Blue Planet", the TV documentary presented by Attenborough, and to recognise his contribution to promoting understanding of the oceanic environment.The same year, Attenborough was also commemorated in the name of the scarab beetle "Sylvicanthon attenboroughi".