List four very different anti-predator adaptations used by different invertebrate deuterostomes and the names of each animal group (common names are fine). Please only do invertebrae NOT vertebrae‘s.

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List four very different anti-predator adaptations used by different invertebrate deuterostomes and the names of each animal group (common names are fine). Please only do invertebrae NOT vertebrae‘s. Thank you
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1) sponges are protected from predators by their disagreeable taste and smell and by their hard skeletal elements (spicules).The algae may live in the surface layers of the sponge, inside the cells, or among them. Example - sycon,spongilla

2. Some insects use toxic chemicals, hairs, spines or hard exoskeletons to protect themselves from predation. Furthermore, numerous insects exhibit defensive behaviors such as autotomy, dropping and death feigning to escape from predators

 

 

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