Question

Cleaner shrimp are omnivores that get some of their nutrition from eating dead cells and parasites found on fish. The picture shows a cleaner shrimp cleaning an eel.

Which type of relationship is shown between a cleaner shrimp and an eel?
A
predator-prey because the cleaner shrimp eats the eel's cells

B
commensalism because only the cleaner shrimp benefits from cleaning the eel

C
parasitism because only the eel benefits from being cleaned by the cleaner shrimp

D
mutualism because the cleaner shrimp and eel both benefit from their relationship

Answer 1

D, the eel gets all the dead cells and parasites out while the shrimp get food

Answer 2

D

Step-by-step explanation:

The cleaner shrimp gets food while the eel gets the parasites off