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Since the Scallop provides the sponge with some shelter and the sponge doesn't do anything in return this ongoing relationship between the scallop and the sponge would be a commensalism relationship since one side benefits while the other side neither benefits nor gets hurt.

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Q: What is the Relationship between sponges and the scallops?
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