Use the Figures to Answer the Following Question

Multiple Choice

Use the figures to answer the following question. In this experiment, Balanus balanoides (a species of barnacle) , was removed from the habitat shown on the left. Which of the following statements is consistent with the experimental results (see the diagram on the right) ?

A) The fundamental and realized niches of B. balanoides and C. stellatus are identical.
B) The fundamental and realized niches of B. balanoides and C. stellatus are different.
C) The fundamental and realized niches of B. balanoides are different, but the fundamental and realized niches of C. stellatus are identical.
D) The fundamental and realized niches of C. stellatus are different.