| A | B |
| The torsolo lays its eggs on a fly so the fly will carry the eggs to a warm-blooded host. | commensalism |
| Bees benefit by having exclusive access to the nectar of the bottle genetian flower, and the plants benefit by their "loyal" pollinators. | mutualism |
| Shrimp dig and clean a burrow in the sand where both they and the goby fish live. The goby fish warns the shrimp of coming danger. | mutualism |
| The Egyptian Plover bird preys on parasites that feed on crocodiles and are potentially harmful to them. | mutualism |
| Epiphytes are plants that live perched on sturdier plants. They do not take any nourishment from their host and simply benefit from being better exposed to sunlight. | commensalism |
| The torsolo larva bury into a host's body to grow into adult torsolo, developing painful boils and cysts. | parasitism |
| Certain Goby species live amongst the spines of toxic sea-urchins such as Astropyga radiata, so gaining protection from their host. | commensalism |
| A Boxer crab, Lybia tesselata, carries a pair of small anemones in its claws. When approached by a predator it waves these around presenting the stinging tentacles so as to deter the marauder. The anemones benefit from the small particles of food dropped by the crab during feeding. | mutualism |