The relationship between clownfish and anemones is considered a mutualism. Which of the following statements provides the best evidence for the relationship being a mutualism rather than another type of symbiotic association?

Anemones can sting and consume fish that swim into their tentacles, but their stingers are repressed by chemicals secreted from the scales of clownfish.
Clownfish are male at birth, then can become female and become more dominant later in their lives.
Clownfish are protected by the anemone's tentacles and move water through the anemone, clean debris, and attract other fish that the anemone may eat.
Multiple clownfish may live in a single anemone at one time, even though some anemones may only host a single clownfish.

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The answer would be C. Clownfish are protected by the anemone's tentacles and move water through the anemone, clean debris, and attract other fish that the anemone may eat. This would be because in mutualism, both organisms must benefit from the relationship. In this answer, the clownfish is protected by the anemone, and the clownfish also attracts food for the anemone, a win-win situation.

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Clownfish are protected by the anemone's tentacles and move water

through the anemone, clean debris, and attract other fish that the

anemone may eat.

What is Mutualism?

This is a symbiotic relationship in which organisms benefit from each other

in an ecosystem.

In the case of Clownfish and anemone, the latter provides protection for

the former while the former provides food for the latter.

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