Rotifera from the Mediterranean Sea, with description of ten new species Author De Smet, Willem H. text Zootaxa 2015 4028 2 151 196 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.2.1 2baa825b-3af6-49ff-896e-f5cb990b4d62 1175-5326 240556 D47167E0-5C14-47F9-B4AA-9E906D13DF89 Proales syltensis Tzschaschel, 1978 Two specimens of this species were found in sublittoral psammon from both the Costa Blanca and the Côte d’Azur, at 250 and 50 m from the shoreline, 20 and 22 m deep; June, August; water temperature 17 and 25 °C. Proales syltensis was so far only recorded from its type locality, the eulittoral of a semi lotic beach at the island of Sylt, Germany , North Sea ( Tzschaschel 1979 , 1980 , 1983 ).