 In July 2016, Barbara Baehr and Robert Whyte from the Queensland Museum announced a newly discovered species to be named "Maratus licunxin" or "Maratus licunxini" after the artistic director of the Queensland Ballet, Li Cunxin and honoured Jürgen Otto with "Maratus ottoi", Michael Duncan and Michael Doe with "Maratus michaelorum", and Julianne Waldock with "Maratus julianneae".