thumb|Hawksbill sea turtle, a spongivore A spongivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating animals of the phylum Porifera, commonly called sea sponges, for the main component of its diet. As a result of their diet, spongivore animals like the hawksbill turtle have developed sharp, narrow bird-like beak that allows them to reach within crevices on the reef to obtain sponges.
thumb|Hawksbill sea turtle, a spongivore A spongivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating animals of the phylum Porifera, commonly called sea sponges, for the main component of its diet. As a result of their diet, spongivore animals like the hawksbill turtle have developed sharp, narrow bird-like beak that allows them to reach within crevices on the reef to obtain sponges.
==Examples== Spongillaflies (Neuroptera, Sisyridae), are a lineage comprising some 60 species of specialist feeders on freshwater sponges. The females deposit their eggs singly or as small clutches on plants that droop over freshwater lakes or slow-moving rivers. A protective web is spun to cover the eggs. When the larvae hatch, they drop down into the water where they develop until pupation. They use their elongated mouthparts to feed on freshwater sponges (typically of the genus Spongilla, hence the name "spongillaflies") and Phylactolaemata freshwater bryozoans, by piercing the host animals' body and sucking out cell contents. The larvae of some species cling to the surface of the sponge while others take refuge in the sponge's internal cavities. Development to pupation takes between several weeks and one year. Spongillafly larvae leave the water and go to hidden places nearby to pupate, choosing locations like beneath rocks or behind tree bark. They spin a cocoon for pupation, but in temperate climates they overwinter in the cocoon as larvae, pupating only the following spring.
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