Define Commensalism with Examples

BY Team Aakash Byju's

There are different kinds of interactions between living organisms.

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These include symbiosis, commensalism, parasitism, etc.

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Commensalism: It is a kind of interaction in which one organism benefits, but the second one doesn’t get any benefit.

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In this type of interaction, one organism benefits, but the second one doesn’t get any benefit, or it gets benefit later.

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Sometimes one organism uses another organism as means of transport.

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For example, a sea anemone is attached to brightly coloured clownfish.

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Generally, sea anemones can’t move from one place to another place.

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But if a sea anemone is attached to the clownfish, it can move from one place to another place, and it can easily collect food.

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But clownfish don’t get any benefit from this type of interaction.

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Another example is suckerfish attached to the shark or big fishes in the sea to catch an underwater ride.

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