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Explore ecological connections supported by reviewed evidence. Select a record, follow an arrow or trace a path.
1 reviewed ecological connection · 1 connected published profile
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Predation describes a consumer capturing animal prey. Herbivory describes consumption of plants or algae. In mutualism, both partners benefit. Reef-building corals and their photosynthetic partners offer one example. NOAA’s coral explanation ↗
Follow an arrow from the organism to the recorded target, then open the evidence link for its context. A habitat association describes where an organism occurs. It says nothing by itself about what that organism eats. Blank areas show where this collection lacks a reviewed link.
No reviewed ecological connections are recorded for this selection yet. Explore the documented collection. Taxonomic relatives below are classification links, not evidence of an ecological interaction.
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These organisms share a recorded family. Classification does not establish an ecological interaction.
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Aspergillus niger
Aspergillus niger is a filamentous fungus whose dark spore-bearing heads are familiar in microbiology. Selected strains are used in fermentation to produce …
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