Fig. 3

Family-level taxonomic distribution among sea cucumber and seawater samples. a Family-level taxonomic distribution among sea cucumber larvae at different developmental stage. Bars represent the relative percentage of each bacterial family. FE: Fertilized Egg; GL: Gastrula; EA: Early Auricularia; LA: Late Auricularia; PT: Pentactula; JN: Juvenile. b Family-level taxonomic distribution among rearing seawater of sea cucumber larvae at different developmental stage. FESW: Fertilized egg rearing seawater; GLSW: Gastrula rearing seawater; EASW: Early Auricularia rearing seawater; LASW: Late Auricularia rearing seawater; PTSW: Pentactula rearing seawater; JNSW: Juvenile rearing seawater