Living organisms interact in a variety of ways for a variety of purposes. The imperial shrimp rides on sea cucumbers as they travel underwater. This interaction enables the shrimp to use little to no energy to move between the areas in which it feeds. The sea cucumber is typically unaware that the shrimp is using it for transport. Which type of interaction occurs between the imperial shrimp and its host organism?

mutualism

commensalism

parasitism

competition

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Living organisms interact in a variety of ways for a variety of purposes. The imperial shrimp rides on sea cucumbers as they travel underwater. This interaction enables the shrimp to use little to no energy to move between the areas in which it feeds. The sea cucumber is typically unaware that the shrimp is using it for transport. Which type of interaction occurs between the imperial shrimp and its host organism?


 mutualism

commensalism 

parasitism 

competition

anonymous · Answer

@Abhisar

anonymous · Answer

@HishamNafiseh

abhisar · Answer

In such kinds of interaction in which one gets benefited while the other neither gets benefited nor harmed is called as Commensalism.

anonymous · Answer

Remember in your other question like this: It's not Mutualism, because that would mean both benefits. It's not Parasitism, because while one is benefiting, one isn't getting hurt. It's not Competition because they aren't competing.
So that means it's commensalism, because one is benefiting, while one isn't being hurt, but also isn't benefiting.