I could find Proales parasita only once in June 2017. The identification is not difficult due to the parasitic lifestyle in colonies of Volvox, Uroglena or Ophrydium. The two other parasitic rotifers that live in Volvox or Uroglena are Ascomorphella volvocicola and Cephalodella edax. The first species has no toes and Cephalodella edax has the eyespot on top of the forehead. These features mean that these two species can be excluded.

The specimens in my population were about 10 % larger than the maximum stated length (160 µm). However, there are few independent descriptions of Proales parasita, so little is known about the variability in size. As in many Proales species, the singular eyespot is asymmetrically arranged in the body and shifted to the right side of the body (s. fig. 2). Due to the rich food supply from the cells of their host, the specimens can be opaque and deformed.