Examples of metabiosis are hermit crabs using gastropod shells to protect their bodies and spiders building their webs on plants.
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Metabiosis is a more indirect dependency, in which one organism creates or prepares a suitable environment for a second.
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Commensal relationships may involve one organism using another for transportation ( phoresy ) or for housing ( inquilinism ), or it may also involve one organism using something another created, after its death ( metabiosis ).