“…It has been reported from loggerheads in Australia, Egypt, Florida (U.S.A.), Greece, Italy, and New Guinea (Sonsino, 1893;Stossich, 1895Stossich, , 1897Braun, 1899;Looss, 1901aLooss, ,b, 1902Pratt, 1914;Cary, 1930;Pigulevsky, 1953;Sey, 1977;Blair & Limpus, 1982;Manfredi et al, 1996), from green turtles in Egypt, Italy, Pacific coast of Panama, and south India (Rudolphi, 1819;Looss 1901aLooss ,b, 1902Caballero y C., 1954;Chattopadhyaya, 1970), from hawksbills in south India (Chattopadhyaya, 1970) and Puerto Rico (Fischthal & Acholonu, 1976), and from olive ridleys in Japan (Oguro, 1942) and Pacific coast of Mexico (Parra, 1983). Specific P. cymbiformis variations reported by most authors were discussed by Blair and Limpus (1982). Principal variations occurred for size and body shape, and testis and vitellaria shape and position.…”