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Interview with James Louis Watters
No full textJames Louis Watters was born on April 6, 1923 in Wilmingto, NC. He served the army as a combination of a welder, and gas and electric specialist. He served in Germany for four years
Watters, T M, WX10761
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/424424Surname: WATTERS. Given Name(s) or Initials: T M. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: WX10761. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 38560.252287
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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>
Parachondria (Chondropomorus) daedalus Watters, 2016, new species
No full textParachondria (Chondropomorus) daedalus new species Figures 3 A–G, 5 B Type material. UF 216481, holotype, 15.6 mm; UF 216481, paratype 1, 13.0 mm; UF 216481, paratype 2, 16.4 mm; UF 216 481, paratype 3, 15.9 mm; UF 216481, paratype 4, 15.4 mm. Type locality. 440 m elevation, Peralta, Azua Province, Dominican Republic. Distribution and habitat. Upland southeastern slopes of the Cordillera Central and Sierra Martín García. Under leaf litter and talus in mesic scrub and forests; portions cleared for coffee groves. Locally common. Material examined (112 specimens examined). Dominican Republic. GTW 7072 b(1), 300 m, Barrera, Azua Province; UF 216481 (5), 440 m, Peralta, Azua Province; UF 23177 (5), 1 km S of Peralta, Azua Province; UF 216615 (59), 560 m, 1 km SE of Peralta, Azua Province; UF 216620 (18), 170 m, 1 km E of El Tablazo, San Cristóbal Province; UF 216618 (24), 220 m, 13 km NW of Sabana Grande de Boyá, San Cristóbal Province [not found]. Description. Shell thin, almost translucent, conic. Maximum adult size: 17.6 mm, decollate. Minimum adult size: 13.0 mm, decollate. Adult shell usually not decollated, protoconch of 1.5 minute, smooth whorls, white with dark brown suture at apex, occasionally with faint tan, central band, demarcation between protoconch and teleoconch not well-defined. Teleoconch of 5 whorls. Axial sculpture of final whorl of numerous (170–200) very fine, narrowly spaced, flattened threads. Shell with regularly spaced growth stoppage marks, axial threads preceding marks microscopic and densely packed. Spiral sculpture of final whorl outside of umbilicus of 30–40 fine threads, nearly same width as axial threads. Intersections of axial and spiral sculpture minutely beaded. Umbilicus with ca. 15 weak spiral cords distributed across entire surface. Suture narrow, deep. Tufts composed of 1–3 slightly enlarged, irregularly spaced, almost blade-like axial threads. Aperture teardrop-shaped, lip double, rarely single. Inner lip erect, barely to prominently exserted and often fused to outer lip. Outer lip expanded, narrower facing umbilicus, slightly recurved abaperturally. Narrowly solute with previous whorl. Prominent posterior auricle, often hook-shaped. Smaller, somewhat undulating auricle also present at 8 o’clock position. Color pattern complex and variable. Base color white with tan spots between tufts, occasional dark band below tufts, and 6–9 narrow, spiral bands usually broken into spots, some specimens with irregular tan markings as well. Inner lip and both sides of outer lip with dark brown markings. Tufts white. Operculum corneous, paucispiral, lacking calcification. Variation in specimens. Shells vary in the degree of coloration but most are quite pale overall. The Barrera specimen is much darker. Other characteristics are rather constant. Comparison with other species. This species is similar in coloration to P. salleanus and P. isabellinus. All three species are allopatric and are distributed along the southern ranges of the island. Parachondria salleanus has a single, scarcely reflected lip; both P. daedalus and P. isabellinus have a widely expanded, double lip. Parachondria daedalus differs from P. isabellinus is having much finer sculpture (140–150 axial threads in P. isabellinus, 170–200 axial threads in P. daedalus). Parachondria daedalus is more rotund and has a lower spire than P. isabellinus. Remarks. One specimen contains the remains of a web within the umbilicus (fig. 3 D). It is very similar to a web found in Abbottella nitens Watters, 2013, from the eastern Dominican Republic that contained a pseudoscorpion (Watters, 2013). This suggests that the pseudoscorpion may have been living within the umbilicus in a commensal association with the snail. Etymology. Gr. daidalos, dappled, spotted.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 pages 259-260, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/27177
Parachondria (Chondropomorus) isabellinus Watters, 2016, new species
No full textParachondria (Chondropomorus) isabellinus new species Figures 3 X–AD, 5 B Type material. UF 216474, holotype, 14.6 mm; UF 216474, paratype 1, 18.5 mm; UF 216474, paratype 2, 17.6 mm; UF 216 474, paratype 3, 17.7 mm; UF 216474, paratype 4, 17.5 mm. Type locality. 620 m elevation, 2 km NW of Los Pinos, Independencia Province, Dominican Republic. Distribution and habitat. Upland slopes of mountain ranges facing Lago Enriquillo: Sierra Neiba to the north and Sierra de Baoruco to the south. Under talus, boulders, and leaf litter in karst, mesic terrain and sub-mesic open forests. Some of the range is now in coffee groves. Material examined (101 specimens). Dominican Republic. UF 216526 (2), 150 m, 6 km NW of Postrer Río, Independencia Province; UF 216475 (9), 1090 m, 10 km NNW of Los Pinos, Independencia Province; UF 216483 (1), 700 m, 4 km N of Los Pinos, Independencia Province; UF 216488 (11), 600 m, 3 km W of Los Pinos, Independencia Province; UF 216474 (8), 620 m, 2 km NW of Los Pinos, Independencia Province; UF 216621 (46), 300 m, 9 km NE of La Descubierta, Independencia Province; UF 216617 (24), 250 m, 6 km NE of La Descubierta, Independencia Province. Description. Shell thin but opaque, high-spired conic. Maximum size: 19.8 mm, non-decollate. Minimum size: 13.9 mm, non-decollate. Adult shell usually not decollated, protoconch of 1.5 minute, smooth whorls, white or tan with dark brown suture at apex, demarcation between protoconch and teleoconch not well-defined. Teleoconch of 5–5.25 whorls. Axial sculpture of final whorl of numerous (140–150) very fine, flattened threads separated by spaces equal to or less than width of threads. Shell with regularly spaced growth stoppage marks, axial threads preceding marks microscopic and densely packed. Spiral sculpture of final whorl outside of umbilicus of 25–30 fine threads, of same width as axial threads. Intersections of axial and spiral sculpture form minutely fenestrated surface but polished aspect of sculpture lends a plastic look to shell. Spiral sculpture continues into umbilicus with ca. 15 threads or weak spiral cords, inside smooth. Suture narrow, channeled, deep. Tufts composed of 1–3 numerous, regularly spaced, slightly enlarged axial threads. Aperture oval, lip single. Inner lip absent. Outer lip expanded, much narrower facing umbilicus, solute from previous whorl. Posterior edge with narrow auricle; anteriorly somewhat auriculate as well. Color ranges from nearly unicolored to having pale complex pattern. Base color white, gray, or tan. Pale axial zig-zags or minute spots on growth marks, may have pale band bordering umbilicus. Some specimens have broad, brown band deep within umbilicus. Early teleoconch whorls may be dark brown or purplish. Sculpture including tufts white, polished. Operculum corneous, paucispiral, lacking calcification. Variation in specimens. Shells vary in the degree of coloration but all are generally quite pale. The presence of a brown band in the umbilicus varies as well; this feature seems to occur only in the overall darker specimens. Other characteristics are rather constant. Comparison with other species. See under P. daedalus. Etymology. Isabelline, pale grey-yellow, pale cream-brown. “Isabella” is the name for a color. The derivation of name is unclear but with several intriguing possibilities that the reader may investigate.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 265, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/27177
Parachondria (Chondropomorus) muchai Watters, 2016, new species
No full textParachondria (Chondropomorus) muchai new species Figures 3 AE–AK, 5 A Type material. UF 216486, holotype, 15.0 mm; UF 216486, paratype 1, 14.4 mm; UF 216486, paratype 2, 11.0 mm; UF 216 486, paratype 3, 12.2 mm (subadult). Type locality. 840 m elevation, 12 km S of Elías Piña, Elías Piña Province, Dominican Republic. Distribution and habitat. Known only from the northern face of the Sierra Neiba at ca. 500– 900 m. Karst area of mesic forest, under rocks. Portions of the range have been burnt for charcoal. Material examined (30 specimens). Dominican Republic. UF 216486 (7), 840 m, 12 km S of Elías Piña, Elías Piña Province; UF 216871 (2), UF 216872 (6), 900 m, 11 km S of Elías Piña, Elías Piña Province; UF 216718 (6), 700 m, 6 km N of El Cercado, San Juan Province; UF 216667 (5), 710 m, 4 km E of Vallejuelo, San Juan Province; UF 216717 (1), 800 m, 6 km S of Vallejuelo, San Juan Province; UF 467469 (1), El Capá, San Juan Province; UF 216668 (2), 450 m, 1 km SSW of Cardón, San Juan Province. Description. Shell thin but opaque, high-spired conic. Maximum size: 15.0 mm, non-decollate. Minimum size: 11.0 mm, non-decollate. Adult shell usually not decollated, protoconch of 1.5 minute, smooth whorls, white with dark brown suture at apex, demarcation between protoconch and teleoconch not well-defined. Teleoconch of 5–5.25 whorls. Axial sculpture of final whorl of numerous (120–130) very fine, flattened threads separated by spaces equal to or less than width of threads. Shell with regularly spaced growth stoppage marks, axial threads preceding marks microscopic and densely packed. Spiral sculpture of final whorl outside of umbilicus of 20–25 fine threads, same width as axial threads. There are irregular patches where axial and spiral sculpture are nearly fused together; these patches are always white. Intersections of axial and spiral sculpture form minutely fenestrated surface. Spiral sculpture continues into umbilicus with ca. 15 threads, inner-most forming weak spiral cords, inside smooth. Suture narrow, deep. Tufts composed of 1 (rarely 2) slightly enlarged axial threads, approximately every other axial thread forming tuft. Aperture oval, lip single. Inner lip absent. Outer lip very narrowly expanded, slightly narrower facing umbilicus, solute with previous whorl. Posterior edge with wide angle forming minute auricle. Color pattern complex and variable. Base color white, gray, or tan with white marbled patches. Brown zigzag or irregular blotches below suture followed by ca. 4 spiral rows of axially aligned brown spots. Two additional broken bands bound umbilicus, with single complete brown band deep within umbilicus. Both sides of outer lip with dark brown markings. Interior of aperture tan or pale yellowish. Tufts white. Operculum corneous, paucispiral, lacking calcification. Variation in specimens. Although specimens vary in the height of the spire, the color pattern of distinct brown spots on a white vertical band is consistent. Comparison with other species. See under P. stigmosus. Remarks. This species is geographically isolated from the remainder of the genus. Whereas the related P. salleanus and P. stigmosus occur along the southern coast between Santo Domingo and Barahona, P. muchai is secluded on a range within the San Juan Valley some 90 km from the coast. Etymology. Alfons Maria Mucha (1860–1939), Czech Art Nouveau painter, famous for his elaborate and intricate patterns derived from natural forms (as exemplified by this species). Pronounced approximately “mooksa.”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 pages 265-266, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/27177
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
Paradoxipoma enigmaticum Watters, 2014, new species
No full textParadoxipoma enigmaticum new species Figures 8 A–E, 12 A Type material. UF 479320, holotype (figs. 8 A, B); UF 479321 (3), paratypes (figs. 8 C, D), from type locality; UF 479322 (1), paratype (fig. 8 E), Rockville Quarry, Gracy Rock Hill. Type locality. Limestone hill on south side of Sibun River at Cedar Banks, Belize District, Belize, 50 m. Distribution and habitat. Known only from limestone outcrops in the vicinity of Gracy Rock Hill in Belize District, Belize, at ca. 50 m elevation. These limestone knolls extend south of the type locality for ca. 8 km. Conservation. None of the localities are protected; one of the two known sites is a quarry. Other material (specimens examined: 172). Belize. Belize District: UF 207315 (83), Rockville Quarry, Gracy Rock Hill; UF 207514 (89), limestone hill on south side of Sibun River at Cedar Banks, 50 m. Description. Shell conic, turbinate, thin, translucent, adnate. Largest adult specimen seen 9.6 mm (nondecollate). Protoconch retained in adult, 1.5 whorls, smooth, prominent, flattened, dark brown or tan with a dark top, demarcation between protoconch and teleoconch very indistinct. Teleoconch of 3.5 rounded whorls with a blunt angle at the level of the juncture with the peristome. Umbilicus wide, open. Spiral sculpture of ca. 17 low threads, distantly spaced below suture, becoming progressively closer together towards the angle; the threads abruptly end at the angle and are absent on the base except for very faint signs of a few cords in the umbilicus. Axial sculpture of numerous very fine, very closely spaced lamellae. Intersections of axial and spiral sculpture minutely beaded or fenestrated. Suture strongly indented, smooth. Aperture somewhat triangular. Inner lip absent. Outer lip very narrow, reflection scarcely apparent, adnate with previous whorl. Base color dingy white or tan, earlier whorls often more darkly colored than last whorl. Many specimens show varying degrees of tan spiral banding composed of three bands above the angulation and one or two below; bands often broken into dots or dashes; bands visible in aperture and on outer lip. Opercula known from only two specimens, both incomplete, but having the remains of a multispiral, narrow, calcareous lamella with a broad sulcus between the whorls. Radula and anatomy unknown. Variation in specimens. Specimens vary primarily in the intensity of the color pattern. Comparison with other species. Specimens resemble juvenile individuals of other species. The angular whorls and lack of spiral sculpture on the base characterize this species. Remarks. This species seems to be narrowly endemic to a series of limestone knolls that occupy ca. 50 km 2. It co-occurs with H. gruneri and H. kuesteri but is clearly distinguishable from juveniles of those species. Etymology. L. aenigma, inexplicable, mystery.Published as part of Watters, G. Thomas, 2014, A revision of the Annulariidae of Central America (Gastropoda: Littorinoidea), pp. 301-350 in Zootaxa 3878 (4) on page 332, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3878.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/25270
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