The imperial shrimp and
sea cucumber
This is a symbiotic
relationship.
Gloria Elinski
A symbiotic relationship is one that benefits one organism and doesn't affect the other. The imperial shrimp is the one benefitting, and the sea cucumber is unnafected.
STEP 1:
An imperial shrimp needs a ride somewhere
but doesn't have the energy or strength to
get there on its own.
The symbiotic
relationship between
an imperial shrimp and
a sea cucumber
STEP 2:
The impreial shrimp finds a sea
cucumber that will give it a
ride and hops on!
STEP 3:
The imperial shrimp rides on it and waits
until it gets to a good feeding spot, then
hops off. It hunts until it runs out of food,
then hops on another!