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Commensalism is a type of symbiotic relationship where one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed. The species that benefits may gain nutrients, support, locomotion, and protection from the host. |
Commensalism is a type of symbiotic relationship where one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed. The species that benefits may gain nutrients, support, locomotion, and protection from the host. |
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==Examples== |
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Latest revision as of 04:46, 2 December 2013
Animal partnerships - David Attenborough - BBC wildlife
Definition
Commensalism is a type of symbiotic relationship where one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed. The species that benefits may gain nutrients, support, locomotion, and protection from the host.
Examples
Barnacles on the skin of a whale.
Remoras swimming with sharks.
Cattle egrets and livestock.
Golden jackals following tigers.
Clownfish and sea anemone (considered as mutualism by some although the if the anemone benefits--it isn't well documented).
Viceroy and monarch.
Barnales and Whale