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Larvae of the biofouling tubeworm Hydroides elegans (Polychaeta) must contact a bacterial biofilm to induce settlement. To further understand the relationship between particular bacteria and the worm, this study analyzed associated microbiomes at multiple life-history stages with high-throughput 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. Worms were collected from Pearl Harbor Hawai’i (21°21′27.2″N 157°57′34.8″W),...