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

A sedentary sea anemone gets attached to the shell lining of hermit crab. The association is:
A Amensalism
B Ectoparasitism
C Symbiosis
D Commensalism

Detailed Solution

The sea anemone benefits (it is carried to new feeding sites) while the hermit crab is neither harmed nor benefited, so this is treated as commensalism.

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