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What is a commensalism?

What is a commensalism? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (ecology) A sharing of the same environment by two organisms where one species benefits and the other is unaffected. An example is barnacles on whales.
  2. The act of eating together; table fellowship.
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Parasitism, commensalism, mutualism, exist with animals among the different species.
Cases of commensalism among the Echinodermata are still more rare.
There are numerous other examples of symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism and parasitism between ray-finned fishes and other groups.
One example of commensalism involves a small crab that lives inside an oyster's shell.
Right now, you and I is just commensalism.
As interactions between species evolve, relationships may shift from antagonism to commensalism to mutualism.

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