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Symbiosis
Symbiosis
• What is symbiosis?
• What are the different kinds of symbiosis?
• What are some examples of symbiosis?
What is symbiosis?
What symbiotic
relationship is this?
Anemone & Anemone Fish
This fish lives its entire adult life
among the tentacles of a bulb-
tentacle sea anemone. Anemone mutualism
fish do not get stung by the
anemone as would most other fish
so they get protection from
predators. The fish often drop
food scraps which the anemones
can eat.
What symbiotic
relationship is this?
Boxer Crab & Anemones
This Boxer Crab carries a
pair of stinging anemones mutualism
in its claws, which it uses
to defend itself from
predators. The anemones
get to move around which
increases their food
supply.
What symbiotic
relationship is this?
Shark & Remora
What symbiotic
relationship is this?
Emperor Shrimp & Sea Cucumber
This tiny emperor shrimp is
riding along on the back of a
sea cucumber (a long worm- commensalism
like starfish relative) while it
crawls along a sandy bottom.
The shrimp gets to travel
around under the protection of
its much larger partner, and
the sea cucumber doesn't
seem to mind.
What symbiotic
relationship is this?
Moray Eel & Cleaner Fish
mutualism
What symbiotic
relationship is this?
Cattle & Cattle Egrets
What symbiotic
relationship is this?
commensalism
Clown Fish & Anemone
What symbiotic
commensalism relationship is this?
Antelope & Ox Bird
This ox bird
hangs out on the
antelope and gets
a delicious meal
of bugs living on
the antelope. The
antelope gets rid
of parasites.
What symbiotic
relationship is this? mutualism
Hummingbird Moth & Flower
mutualism
What symbiotic
relationship is this?
Let’s Review
Answer each of following questions on a sheet of lined paper.
1. What is symbiosis?
2. What are the different kinds of symbiosis?
3. Describe one example of each kind of
symbiotic relationship.