Fig. 2

The linear discriminant analysis effect size (LEfSe) analysis of microbial abundance among sea cucumber larvae samples at different developmental stage. a Taxa until order level with significant differences pre- and post-gut development were detected by LEfSe analysis with a LDA threshold score of 3.5 and a p-value of 0.05. b The cladogram of detected prokaryotic taxa for microbial community pre- and post-gut development. c Only family level taxa with significant differences pre- and post-gut development were detected by LEfSe analysis with a LDA threshold score of 3.5 and a p-value of 0.05. d Only family level taxa with significant differences at each developmental stage were detected by LEfSe analysis with a LDA threshold score of 3.5 and a p-value of 0.05. e Only genus level taxa with significant differences at each developmental stage were detected by LEfSe analysis with a LDA threshold score of 3.5 and a p-value of 0.05