Correct Answer - Option 3 : Commensalism
The correct answer is Commensalism.
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Commensalism is a type of biological interaction in which one species gets benefitted while the other species neither benefit nor are harmed.
- The species that gains the benefit is termed as commensal and the other species is termed as the host species.
- It this interaction, the commensal feeds on the substances captured or ingested by the host species.
- The two partners in this biological interaction can survive independently.
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The interaction between the sea anemone that has stinging tentacles and the clownfish that lives among them is an example of Commensalism.
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Mutualism
- Mutualism is defined as an interaction between individuals of different species that results in positive (beneficial) effects on per capita reproduction and/or survival of the interacting populations.
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Amensalism
- In amensalism, one species is harmed whereas the other is unaffected.
- Predation, parasitism and commensalism share a common characteristic– the interacting species live closely together.
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Parasitism
- Parasitism is a symbiosis in which one organism, the parasite, causes harm to another, the host, which the parasite utilizes as habitat and depends on for resource acquisition.
