symbiosis: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	symbiont

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A clown anemonefish, Amphiprion percula, with bright orange and white stripes, swims among the pale tentacles of a sea anemone in Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.

Examine commensalism among fish species such as shrimp, the neon goby, and moray eels

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Topics

Endosymbiosis lichen interspecific association parasitism antagonism mutualism commensalism amensalism Syntrophism

Key People

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Lynn Margulis

American biologist