"Together Life." That's the literal definition for symbiosis. In which, the actual definition for symbiosis is: the living together of two dissimilar organisms. Symbiosis is divided into three groups; Commensalism, Parasitism, and Mutualism. In commensalism, one of the species benefit, and the other is not harmed nor helped. It remains neutral. For instance, clownfish and anemone have commensalism because the clownfish benefits from the poisonous tentacles of the anemone because other fish avoid it whereas the clownfish is protected with a layer of mucus that makes them immune to the stings. Parasitism is when one organism benefits, and the other is harmed. An example of parasitism is a flea and a dog. This is considered a parasitic relationship because the flea benefits from living on the dog, whereas the dog is harmed because of the flea causing irritations to the dog's skin. The last division of symbiosis is mutualism, where both the species benefit from the relationship. For example, bees and flowers both share a mutualistic relationship because the bees benefit from the pollen that is collected from the flowers to create honey. The flowers benefit from the bee's pollenation because without them, the flowers would begin to wilt. As a result, I believe that symbiosis is a very important factor in our ecosystem even with parasitism. Because without symbiosis, some of the organisms in our ecosystem will become unbalanced, and there would not be any friendly relationships between two different organisms.
Here is a site to learn more about symbiosis.
