| Name | Short Code | Functional Group |
|---|---|---|
| Acropora | Acrop | Hard coral |
| Hard Coral (branching) | CBR | Hard coral |
| Hard Coral (encrusting) | CEN | Hard coral |
| Cirrhipathes sp. | Cirr | Hard coral |
| Hard Coral (massive) | CMAS | Hard coral |
| Fungia | Fung | Hard coral |
| Gardineroseris | Gardin | Hard coral |
| Leptastrea | Lepta | Hard coral |
| Leptoseris | Lepto | Hard coral |
| Montipora capitata | MCAP | Hard coral |
| Montipora flabellata | MFLAB | Hard coral |
| Montipora patula | MPATU | Hard coral |
| Palythoa sp | Paly | Hard coral |
| Pavona duerdeni | PaveDUER | Hard coral |
| Porites bernardi | P. bern | Hard coral |
| Porites brighami | PBRIG | Hard coral |
| Porites compressa | PCOM | Hard coral |
| Pocillopora damicornis | PDAM | Hard coral |
| Porites duerdeni | PDUER | Hard coral |
| Porites evermanni | PEVER | Hard coral |
| Pocillopora grandis (eydouxi) | PEYDO | Hard coral |
| Pocillopora ligulata | PLig | Hard coral |
| Porites lobata 1 | Plob | Hard coral |
| Pocillopora meandrina | PMEAN | Hard coral |
| Porites monticulosa | PMONT | Hard coral |
| Porites rus | P. rus | Hard coral |
| Psammocora | Psam | Hard coral |
| Pavona varians | PVAR | Hard coral |
| Stichopathes sp. | Stpa | Hard coral |
| Tubastrea | Tuba | Hard coral |
| Ascidian | A | Other Invertebrates |
| Sea anemone | ANEM | Other Invertebrates |
| Bryzoa | BRY | Other Invertebrates |
| Crown of thorns starfish | COTS | Other Invertebrates |
| Echinoderms: Sea stars | ESS | Other Invertebrates |
| Echinoderms: sea urchin | EUR | Other Invertebrates |
| Hydroid | Hydra | Other Invertebrates |
| Mobile invertebrates 1 | MOB-INV | Other Invertebrates |
| Octocorallia | Octo | Other Invertebrates |
| Other sessile invertebrates | OTH-SINV | Other Invertebrates |
| Sea cucumber | SECO | Other Invertebrates |
| Sponge | Sponge | Other Invertebrates |
| Zoanthid | ZOAN | Other Invertebrates |
| Sand | Sand | Soft Substrate |
| Sediment | Sediment | Soft Substrate |
| Substrate: Unconsolidated : pebble/gravel | SUPG | Soft Substrate |
| Bare Substrate | Bare-Subst | Hard Substrate |
| Dead coral | Dead | Hard Substrate |
| Compressa Orange | COMOR | Other |
| Cyanobacteria films | CYAN | Other |
| All other | Other | Other |
| Broken coral rubble | Rubble | Other |
| Shadow | SHAD | Other |
| Shallow Orange | SHOR | Other |
| Stenopeltis sp. | STENO | Other |
| Transect hardware | Trans | Other |
| Unclear | Unc | Other |
| Bright Orange Crust | UnkOR | Other |
| Asparagopsis | ASP | Algae |
| Acanthophora spicifera | ASPIC | Algae |
| Avrainvillea | AVRA | Algae |
| Blue-Green Algae | BLGR | Algae |
| Caulerpa | Caul | Algae |
| CCA (crustose coralline algae) | CCA | Algae |
| Cladophora sp. | Cldph | Algae |
| Clear algae? | clear | Algae |
| Codium | Cod | Algae |
| Chrysocystis fragilis | CyFa | Algae |
| Dichotomaria | Dicho | Algae |
| Dictyota spp | Dict | Algae |
| Dictyosphaeria | DICTY | Algae |
| Gibsmithia sp | Gibsm | Algae |
| Golden Algae | GOAL | Algae |
| Gracilaria salicornia | GSAL | Algae |
| Halimeda | Hali | Algae |
| Hypnea musciformis | HMUS | Algae |
| Kappaphycus sp. | KAPPA | Algae |
| Lobophora | Lobph | Algae |
| Macroalgae: Articulated calcareous | MAAC | Algae |
| Macroalgae: Encrusting: brown | MAENB | Algae |
| Macroalgae: Encrusting: green | MAENG | Algae |
| Macroalgae: Encrusting: red | MAENR | Algae |
| Macroalgae: Filamentous / filiform : brown | MAFB | Algae |
| Macroalgae: Filamentous / filiform : green | MAFG | Algae |
| Macroalgae: Filamentous / filiform : red | MAFR | Algae |
| Microdictyon | Mdict | Algae |
| Neomeris | Nmer | Algae |
| Padina | Pad | Algae |
| Unidentified Red | RED | Algae |
| Sargassum | Sarg | Algae |
| Stypopodium sp. | Styp | Algae |
| Tolypiocladia glomerulata | TolyGlom | Algae |
| Turbinaria (algae) | Turbin | Algae |
| Turf algae | Turf | Algae |
| Ventricaria sp. | Vent | Algae |