Question

You find a clown fish living in a sea anemone, in which the clown fish receives protection from predators and the sea anemone receives cleaning services from the clown fish. What type of ecological relationship are you witnessing?

a. parasitism

b. commensalism

c. allelopathy

d. mutualism

Answer 1

D. Mutualism

Step-by-step explanation:

Both species benefit from this relationship. Clown fish gain protection from other species that could harm it. The sea anemone has stinging cells that can be harmful to other sea life, but do not have an affect on clown fish. While the sea anemone gets cleaned by the clown fish, which helps it stay healthy. The sea anemone gets food scraps from the clownfish, they also lure in bigger fish, giving the anemone food.