NEET 2013 · Class 12

Organisms and Populations

A sedentary sea anemone gets attached to the shell lining of hermit crab. The association is

  1. (A)commensalism
  2. (B)amensalism
  3. (C)ectoparasitism
  4. (D)symbiosis

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

The interaction where one species is benefitted and the other is neither benefitted nor harmed is called **commensalism**.

Chapter
Organisms and Populations
Section
11.1.4 Population Interactions
Page
9
Words matched
18 of 18

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How this line gives the answer

6667, emb=0.7988, combined=0.746). Verified: high — The span explicitly defines commensalism as 'one species benefitted and the other neither benefitted nor harmed,' which directly matches the sea anemone-hermit crab association described in the question.

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