AIIMS2001ZoologyOrganisms and Populations
Mutualism is found in
Options
- Ahemmit crab and sea anemone
- Box pecker and rhinoceros
- Czoochlorellae and Hydra
- DE.coli and man.
Correct answer
C. zoochlorellae and Hydra
Step-by-step solution
Mutualism is an obligatory positive interspecific interaction strongly beneficial to both species. The unicellular photosynthetic algae, called Zoochlorella live symbiotically in the outer tissues of coelenterates. Algae are photosynthetic and produce oxygen and food beneficial to hosts and in exchange they obtain materials like carbon dioxide and nitrogenous wastes released by metabolism of host animals.