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Letter from F. Watters to Hagan
No full textHolograph letter from F. Watters, St. John�s, Blackrock, County Dublin, to Hagan, asking to obtain a papal blessing for Monsignor O'Donnell's jubilee. He has not heard from Paris which leaves very little time; around one hundred will participate in the pilgrimage but the general situation is against it
Leiabbottella galaxius Watters 2010
No full textLeiabbottella galaxius Watters, 2010 Figures 2 J–L, 8 F Type material. UF 434779, holotype. UF 434780, 1 paratype; BMSM 17972, 2 paratypes; OSUM 35491, 1 paratype; all from the type locality. Type locality. Dominican Republic, Samaná Province, Samaná Peninsula, along Rt. 5 between Santa Bárbara de Samaná and Sánchez, in the southern foothills of the Sierra de Samaná. Other material examined. UF 236226, 0.5 km NNE of Caro Clara, María Trinidad Sánchez Province, Dominican Republic, at 30 m; UF 216122, 3 km W of Cabrar [Cabrera], María Trinidad Sánchez Province, Dominican Republic; UF 216192, 10 km WNW of Cabrar [Cabrera], María Trinidad Sánchez Province, Dominican Republic. Distribution and habitat. Originally described from the south coast of the Samaná Peninsula, new records extend the range to the Cabrera region on the north coast west of the peninsula. This is a region of limestone cliffs and karst ridges with cool, sheltered crevices in tropical forests. Specimens were only found on cliffs, under large boulders, and in solution pits, never under talus. Comparison with other species. See comparison under Leiabbottella thompsoni (Figure 2 A–E).Published as part of Watters, G. Thomas, 2013, New taxa and distributional notes on Abbottella and related taxa (Gastropoda: Littorinoidea: Annulariidae), pp. 1-22 in Zootaxa 3646 (1) on pages 18-19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/28372
Rolleia oberi Watters & Duffy 2010
No full text<i>Rolleia oberi</i> Watters & Duffy, 2010 <p>Figures 5 G–N, 8 G</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> UF 434775, holotype. UF 434776, 3 paratypes; BMSM 17970, 2 paratypes; OSUM 35489, 2 paratypes; all from the type locality.</p> <p> <b>Type locality.</b> On road half way between Santiago de los Caballeros and Puerto Plata, El Puerto, La Has, Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic, at 830–1000 m in the Cordillera Septentrional.</p> <p> <b>Other material examined.</b> UF 216195, 7 km SSW of Yásica Abajo, Loma el Indio Viejo, near Puerto Plata/ Santiago Province boundary, Dominican Republic, at 800 m; UF 216186, 1 km NW of Laja de Yaroa, near Puerto Plata/Santiago Province boundary, Dominican Republic; UF 236228, Laja de Yaroa, Loma de Puerto, near Puerto Plata/Santiago Province boundary, Dominican Republic, at 700 m.</p> <p> <b>Distribution and habitat.</b> This species has only been collected off the road from Puerto Plata to Santiago de los Caballeros, which crosses the Cordillera Septentrional. The extent of its distribution along that mountain range is unknown. Locally common.</p> <p> <b>Comparison with other species.</b> See Comparison under <i>R. haitensis</i> above (Figure 5 A–F).</p>Published as part of <i>Watters, G. Thomas, 2013, New taxa and distributional notes on Abbottella and related taxa (Gastropoda: Littorinoidea: Annulariidae), pp. 1-22 in Zootaxa 3646 (1)</i> on pages 20-22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/283728">http://zenodo.org/record/283728</a>
Warren Watters
No full textA portrait photograph of Warren W. Watters.Warren W. Watters, Class of 1924, was an outstanding football player during his four years at Springfield, and was chosen by Knute Rockne, coach at Notre Dame, for the All-American team.
He was Athletic Director, Coach and Business Manager of Williston Academy from 1930-1942 and served as Executive Director of Worcester Boy’s Club from 1942-53. He was appointed by Governor Saltonstall to head up the state-wide swim program during World War II. From 1953-56 he was Executive Director of the Bonnie Brae Farm for Boys and from 1956-63 was Business Manager and Assistant Treasurer of St. Margaret’s School in Waterbury, Connecticut.
While coaching in Vermont and at Williston Academy and in later years, also, he was instrumental in recruiting several students for Springfield. He also served for several years on the Alumni Committee.
He died on July 10, 1974.This is a loose photograph found within the Warren W. Watters scrapbook.
Abbottella (Gundlachtudora) paradoxa Watters, 2013, new species
No full textAbbottella (Gundlachtudora) paradoxa new species Figures 1 Z–CC, 9 F Other material examined. UF 216119, 20 weathered or immature specimens, from the type locality. Distribution and habitat. This species occurs at Loma Diego de Ocampo of the Cordillera Septentrional, on the mountain crest in dense forest with thick vegetative debris, mosses, and epiphytes. Loma Diego de Ocampo is located north of Santiago de los Caballeros and is the highest point of the Cordillera Septentrional at 1,200 m. Snails were collected on limestone rocks at this peak. Locally common. Description. Shell small (largest specimen, 7.9 mm total length x 9.1 mm total width; smallest specimen, 5.9 mm total length x 6.8 mm total width; holotype, 7.8 mm total length including peristome x 9.0 mm total width including peristome), turbinate, whorls adnate except just before lip. Umbilicus wide, ca. 30 % of total width, open to earliest whorls. Protoconch of ca. 1.5 erect whorls but demarcation between protoconch and teleoconch not welldefined. Teleoconch of 2.75–3.25 whorls. Axial sculpture of two sizes. The primary sculpture consists of 50–65 low, erect lamellae, widely spaced on the last ½ whorl, more closely spaced elsewhere. Secondary sculpture of 3– 10 microscopic lamellae between primary sculpture. Spiral sculpture of ca. 30 low, weak cords between suture and into umbilicus. Intersections of primary axial and spiral sculpture form minute, hollow points or scallops, often obsolete on base. Suture narrowly channeled, serrate. Aperture double, circular (4.2 mm maximum width in holotype), solute from final whorl. Inner lip smooth, very narrowly exserted. Outer lip expanded, composed of numerous coarse lamellae, very narrow at the 11 o’clock position, then forming a broad auricle. Shell dirty white/ tan patterned with narrow, pale brown, spiral bands, apparent on both sides of outer lip. Operculum multispiral with a calcareous lamella; lamella arises vertically, arches over distally, and overlaps with previous whorl to form a continuous plate. The edge of this plate at the 11 o’clock position overlaps the lip and in most specimens the operculum cannot be withdrawn into the aperture. However, in a few specimens this edge has been broken off and the operculum withdrawn. Variation in specimens. 43 specimens seen. Specimens are uniform in shell characteristics, varying only in the number of primary axial lamellae (50–65) and strength of the color bands. Comparison with other species. The structure of the operculum separates this from all other Abbottella except A. bombardopolensis from Haiti and A. decolorata from Cuba, the only other recognized members of the subgenus Gundlachtudora. Abbottella bombardopolensis (Figure 1 DD) is known from Bombardopolis on the western-most tip of the northern Haitian peninsula to Terre Neuve in the Cordillera Centrale over 200 km west of A. paradoxa. Both species have nearly identical sculpture but the outer lip of A. paradoxa is widely expanded and notched; the outer lip of A. bombardopolensis is narrower but uniformly expanded. Etymology. L. paradoxus, strange, contrary to expectation; the position of this species, whether in Gundlachtudora or not, is problematic. It’s presence in the Dominican Republic was also unexpected.Published as part of Watters, G. Thomas, 2013, New taxa and distributional notes on Abbottella and related taxa (Gastropoda: Littorinoidea: Annulariidae), pp. 1-22 in Zootaxa 3646 (1) on pages 8-9, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/28372
Leiabbottella thompsoni Watters, 2013, new species
No full textLeiabbottella thompsoni new species Figures 2 A–E, 7 E Type material. UF 456799, holotype; length, 7.6 mm; width, 13.7 mm. UF 236225, 91 paratypes, from the type locality. Type locality. Dominican Republic, Monte Plata Province, 5 km N of Majagual, at 150 m. ca. 19.09 ° N, - 69.83 ° W. See Remarks under L. soluta below. Other material examined. UF 216194, 18 specimens, 5 km N of Majagual, Monte Plata Province, Dominican Republic; UF 236230, 29 specimens, 2 km N of Majagual, Monte Plata Province, Dominican Republic, at 150 m; UF 216189, 30 specimens, 7 km N of Majagual, Monte Plata Province, Dominican Republic, at 105 m; UF 216127, 26 specimens, 13 km NW of Sabana Grande de Boyá, Monte Plata Province, Dominican Republic, at 250 m; UF 249105, 6 specimens, N of Majagual, ca. 12 km NW of Sabana Grande de Boyá, Monte Plata Province, Dominican Republic, at 150 m; UF 216193, 22 specimens, 1 km N of Majagual, Monte Plata Province, Dominican Republic, at 200 m. Distribution and habitat. Known only from the karstic region of Los Haitises, which separates the Cordillera Central from the Cordillera Oriental. The species lives at the base of deeply karsted limestone knolls and in ravines in tropical forest under debris and leaf litter. A portion of this distribution has been planted as coffee groves. Description. Shell large for genus (largest specimen, 7.7 mm total length x 13.8 mm total width; smallest specimen, 6.6 mm total length x 11.2 mm total width; holotype, 7.6 mm total length including peristome x 13.7 mm total width including peristome), depressed, nearly planispiral, whorls adnate except just before lip. Umbilicus very wide, ca. 35 % of total width, open to earliest whorls. Protoconch of ca. 1.5 erect whorls but demarcation between protoconch and teleoconch not well-defined. Teleoconch of 3.25 whorls. Shell smooth except for numerous (ca. 50–60 on final whorl), incised axial lines between which are microscopic threads. Spiral sculpture absent except for the faintest trace of umbilical cords in a few specimens. Suture deeply indented. Aperture double, circular (7.3 mm maximum width in holotype), adnate to the previous whorl. Inner lip smooth, exserted, tube-like. Outer lip broadly expanded, sinuate, adherent to the previous whorl, forming a broad, prominent, cup-shaped auricle. Shell dirty white, tan, or bronze, somewhat shiny, patterned with narrow, often interrupted, brown spiral bands, apparent on both sides of outer lip and on inner lip as well. Operculum multispiral with an oblique, calcareous lamella. Variation in specimens. 223 specimens seen. Specimens are uniform in shell characteristics, varying only in the strength of the color bands and background color. Comparison with other species. Leiabbottella soluta (Pfeiffer, 1852) (Figure 2 F–I) is closely related to L. thompsoni. Leiabbottella soluta tends to be less planispiral, with relatively wider whorls, and has a less adnate outer lip auricle than does L. thompsoni. Leiabbottella soluta occurs over 120 km to the northwest in the Cordillera Septentrional. Leiabbottella galaxius (Figure 2 J–L) is smaller and has a much less developed outer lip. Etymology. Named for Dr. Fred Thompson, Curator, UF, whose unparalleled collections in Hispaniola form the basis of our understanding of this group and the terrestrial snail fauna there in general.Published as part of Watters, G. Thomas, 2013, New taxa and distributional notes on Abbottella and related taxa (Gastropoda: Littorinoidea: Annulariidae), pp. 1-22 in Zootaxa 3646 (1) on pages 9-11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/28372
Evaporation in action sensed by multiwavelength Doppler radars
No full textThis work documents a rain case dominated by evaporation which occurred at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement site in Oklahoma on 15 September 2011. A recently developed algorithm, applied to radar Doppler spectra measured at Ka and W band, provides the vertical evolution of binned drop size distributions (DSDs) and of the vertical wind. Such retrieved quantities are used in connection with relative humidity (RH) profiles to derive evaporation rates and atmospheric cooling rates. In addition, in regions of stationarity and of light rain, when other microphysical processes are negligible, the presented case study suggests the possibility of retrieving RH profiles from the vertical evolution of the drop size distributions. The key is to characterize the gradient of the rain mass flux between successive levels. Such signal is particularly weak and can be enhanced thanks to a substantial averaging of the retrieved DSD over approximately 5 min and 250 m (eight range gates). The derived profile agrees with the retrieval from coincident Raman lidar observations within a 10% RH difference. These results suggest that other rain microphysical processes could be studied by combining the radar-based DSD retrieval with ancillary RH observations
Leiabbottella soluta Pfeiffer 1852
No full textLeiabbottella soluta (Pfeiffer, 1852) Figures 2 F–I, 7 D Type material. Not located. Type locality. Island of Santo Domingo. Restricted by Watters (2012) to the southern edge of Los Haitises Mountains, N of Majagual, ca. 12 km NW of Sabana Grande de Boyá, Monte Plata Province, Dominican Republic. However, this is now believed to be a separate species, Leiabbottella thompsoni new species. The type locality of L. soluta is herein corrected to Yásica Abajo, Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic. Other material examined. UF 216196, 7 km SSW of Yásica Abajo, Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic, at 800 m. Distribution and habitat. Known only from Yásica Abajo in the Cordillera Septentrional, which is on the road over the mountains between Puerto Plata and Santiago de los Caballeros. Comparison with other species. See comparison under Leiabbottella thompsoni (Figure 2 A–E). Remarks. Watters (2012) identified Pfeiffer’s Choanopoma solutus with a specimen from the Majugual area. At the time the presence of another, closely related species was unknown. Examination of over 200 specimens of this species has revealed that the description and figure of C. solutus better match the second species from Yásica Abajo in the Cordillera Septentrional (compare Figures 3 F and G). The Majugual species in the Cordillera Central is here described as new, Leiabbottella thompsoni.Published as part of Watters, G. Thomas, 2013, New taxa and distributional notes on Abbottella and related taxa (Gastropoda: Littorinoidea: Annulariidae), pp. 1-22 in Zootaxa 3646 (1) on page 18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/28372
FIGURE 4. A–H in Review of the Hispaniolan Parachondria (Chondropomorus) complex (Gastropoda: Littorinoidea: Annulariidae)
No full textFIGURE 4. A–H. Parachondria (Chondropomorus) olssoni (Pilsbry, 1933). A, B. ANSP 160978a, holotype, 14.5 mm. C, D. UF 119142, 14.4 mm. E. UF 158947, 14.7 mm. F. GTW 6834a, 15.5 mm. G. GTW 6834a, detail of spire. H. GTW 6834a, detail of suture.Published as part of Watters, G. Thomas, 2016, Review of the Hispaniolan Parachondria (Chondropomorus) complex (Gastropoda: Littorinoidea: Annulariidae), pp. 245-275 in Zootaxa 4127 (2) on page 269, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/27177
Abbottella (Abbottella) diadema Watters, 2013, new species
No full text<i>Abbottella</i> (<i>Abbottella</i>) <i>diadema</i> new species <p>Figures 1 F–J, 5 P, 7 B</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> UF 456814, holotype; length, 5.1 mm; width, 6.0 mm. UF 456815, 5 paratypes, from the type locality.</p> <p> <b>Type locality.</b> Dominican Republic, Samaná Province, Cabo Cabrón, at 280 m. ca. 19.34° N, - 69.25° W.</p> <p> <b>Other material examined.</b> UF 215985, 44 specimens, from the type locality (see Remarks).</p> <p> <b>Distribution and habitat.</b> Known only from the type locality. This region is on the northeastern tip of the Samaná Peninsula; it is part of the Sierra de Samaná of the Cordillera Septentrional and is locally known as Loma Travesada, which name appears on the original label. Specimens were found under limestone boulders on a slope in a virgin rain forest. This is a very isolated area of the country.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Shell very small (largest specimen, holotype, 5.1 mm total length including peristome x 6.0 mm total width including peristome; smallest specimen, 3.1 mm total length x 3.7 mm total width), turbinate, whorls adnate except just before lip. Umbilicus wide, ca. 33% of total width, open to earliest whorls. Protoconch of ca. 1.5 minutely pustulose whorls but demarcation between protoconch and teleoconch not well-defined. Teleoconch of 2.5–2.75 whorls. Axial sculpture of numerous, crowded, low lamellae, slightly wider on spiral keels. Sculpture is more widely spaced on earliest whorls. Spiral sculpture present only as keels; 1–3 keels between the suture and the periphery; one on the periphery; one bounding the umbilicus; 0–3 in the umbilicus. The axial sculpture on the keels forms a very dense, finely serrate edge. On the whole the sculpture has a frosted aspect. Suture narrowly channeled, serrate. Aperture double, circular (2.7 mm maximum width in holotype), solute from final whorl. Inner lip smooth, narrowly exserted. Outer lip slightly expanded, slightly narrower facing the umbilicus, consisting of numerous fused lamellae, with two auricles 180° apart. Axial sculpture does not extend onto outer lip. Shell uniformly dirty white/tan or patterned with vague brown, spiral bands, most apparent on both sides of outer lip. Operculum multispiral with an oblique, erect, calcareous lamella.</p> <p> <b>Variation in specimens.</b> 50 specimens seen. The degree of coloration varies from uniformly white to banded with brown. The number of spiral keels (3–7) varies but there is always a keel between the suture and periphery, at the periphery, and bounding the umbilicus. There is a tendency for larger specimens to have more spiral cords.</p> <p> <b>Comparison with other species.</b> This species displays so many unique characteristics that it should likely be placed in its own genus. It is one of the smallest <i>Abbottella</i> yet found and has the fewest number of whorls. The curious combination of tightly packed axial sculpture and spiral cords is unlike any other annulariid.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> The 44 additional specimens range from fresh dead to weathered specimens but all are broken in the same manner as <i>A. calliotropis</i> (see Remarks there) by an unidentified predator (Figure 5 P).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> Gr. <i>diadem</i>, headband, crown.</p>Published as part of <i>Watters, G. Thomas, 2013, New taxa and distributional notes on Abbottella and related taxa (Gastropoda: Littorinoidea: Annulariidae), pp. 1-22 in Zootaxa 3646 (1)</i> on pages 4-6, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/283728">http://zenodo.org/record/283728</a>
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