clownfish are small,tropical fish usually found swimming among the stinging of sea anemones. what type of symbiotic relationship do these animals have if the clownfish are protected by the sea anemone, but the anemone does not benefit from the clownfish?
2007-03-07 17:20:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
This symbiotic relationship is called "commensalism". This occurs when one species gains an advantage from the interaction, while the other species is neither helped nor harmed.
2007-03-07 17:29:20 · answer #1 · answered by Mystery Viscera 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The anemone does not benefit from the clownfish?"
It seems it does
A. percula may feed, oxygenate, and remove waste material from its host (Rosenberg and Cruz, 1988). In addition, it may prevent certain coelenterate feeders, such as butterfly fishes, from preying on the anemone (Allen, 1997). Because anemonefishes are highly territorial, A. percula drives away intruders, including those that harm its symbiotic host. Whether these actions are self-serving or altruistic is not known, but both species gain advantage.
2007-03-08 01:54:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This type of interaction is known as COMMENSALISM, where one species is benefited and the other is unaffected.
It is important to know the definition of symbiosis, which is ANY type of interaction between two species. Despite its common use to descibe a benefiting interaction, it is not to be confused with mutualism. Common and biological definitions are often different.
There are a variety of other types of interaction, some of which are listed below:
+/+ mutualism
+/0 commensalism
+/- parastism
-/- competition
2007-03-08 01:32:09 · answer #3 · answered by John H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
commensalism
2007-03-08 02:10:28 · answer #4 · answered by cutesy76 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋