FORESTRY
ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
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Question
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mutualism
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commensalism
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parasitism
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -An example of mutualism is the relationship between remora and shark. Remora depends on sharks for food and locomotion. It has a sucking mouth that helps it to attach itself to the shark. But unlike sea lamprey, it doesn’t harm the shark.
Detailed explanation-2: -One example of symbiosis is the relationship between sharks and remora fish.
Detailed explanation-3: -Another example of mutualism can be seen with the Leopard shark and remora fish that swim next to it, sometimes attached to the body. The remoras swim very close to the sharks, feeding off scraps of food dropped by the shark and also gaining some protection from predators.
Detailed explanation-4: -The most classic example of commensalism on reefs is the remora. Commonly called “suckerfish” or “sharksuckers”, these fish (of the family Echeneidae) attach themselves to the skin of larger marine animals like sharks and manta rays via a specialized organ on what we might consider their back.