NEETBotanyBiodiversity and its Conservation
What happens when a host fish species becomes extinct?
Options
- AIts unique assemblage of parasites becomes extinct
- BIts associated plant species become extinct
- CIts associated animal species become extinct
- DNone of the above
Correct answer
A. Its unique assemblage of parasites becomes extinct
Step-by-step solution
When a species becomes extinct, the plant and animal species associated with it in an obligatory way also become extinct. When a host fish species becomes extinct, its unique assemblage of parasites also meets the same fate . Another example is the case of a coevolved plant-pollinator mutualism where extinction of one invariably leads to the extinction of the other.