Invertebrate diseases?

Question

Do invertebrates such as insects, arachnids, crabs etc... suffer from any diseases from which vertebrates suffer such as cancer or other bacterial/viral diseases?

Answer 1

invertebrates also get cancer,bacterial and viral infections infact they are also multicellular.

biologists have found that those insects who looses their antenna are more prone to cancer than others

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Pretty much any multicellular organism can get cancer, regardless of kingdom. Even plants can get cancer.

Likewise, all life is susceptible to infectious agents. There are viruses that affect only plants, etc. There are even viruses that affect unicellular organisms.

Answer 4

they get cancer in backbone