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The crab Lynda tell Ella ya carries a pair of sea anemones on its claw. The crab uses the sea anemones stinging tentacles as protection and the sea an enemy obtain small food particles released by the crab as it feeds which type of symbolic relationship does this best illustrate

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Answer: Mutualism

Explanation: The relationship between the crab and the sea anemone describes mutualism, a type of symbiotic relationship.

Mutualism describes the ecological interaction between two or more species that benefits both; typically involving the exchange of substances or services between both.

It plays a key role in ecology and is thought to have driven the evolution of much of the diversity currently in existence today.

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