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

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Solution:

A sedentary sea anemone gets attached to the lining of the hermit crab is a type of interaction in which one species is benefitted while the other is neither harmed nor benefited. Such a type of relations in ecology is called commensalism. Ectoparasitism is a form of parasitism where the parasite (ectoparasite) lives outside the body of the host. Amensalism is a type of species interaction where one organism is affected but another organism gets harmed.