Most predators of the hermit crab refuse to come near sea anemones. The relationship between sea anemones and hermit crabs is best classified as a. commensalism, a type of symbiosis. Both the sea anemone and the hermit crab are benefitting from this relationship. The sea anemone has access to an increased supply of food and the hermit crab gets protection. Symbiosis is a long-term close association between two different species.
Pilot fish are small fish that swim alongside a shark.
They feed on the morsels the shark drops from its mouth while eating. Though there appears to be no significant advantage to the shark from the relationship, the shark does not eat the pilot fish that accompany it. This relationship is an example of a. commensalism, a type of symbiosis. Look at Figure 47.13 in your textbook. Photograph a shows a newly-hatched baby cuckoo is the nest of a warbler bird.