| Name | Short Code | Functional Group |
|---|---|---|
| Acanthastrea | ACA | Hard coral |
| Acropora (branching) | ACROP_BRA | Hard coral |
| Acropora (digitate) | ACROP_DIG | Hard coral |
| Acropora (encrusting) | ACROP_ENC | Hard coral |
| Acropora (submassive) | ACROP_SUB | Hard coral |
| Acropora (tabulate) | ACROP_TAB | Hard coral |
| Alveopora | ALV | Hard coral |
| Astreopora | ASP | Hard coral |
| Astrea | AST | Hard coral |
| Blastomussa | BLA | Hard coral |
| Cantharellus | CAN | Hard coral |
| Catalaphyllia | CAT | Hard coral |
| Caulastrea | CAU | Hard coral |
| Coeloseris | COE | Hard coral |
| Coscinaraea | COS | Hard coral |
| Ctenactis | CTE | Hard coral |
| Cycloseris | CYC | Hard coral |
| Cynarina | CYN | Hard coral |
| Cyphastrea | CYP | Hard coral |
| Dendrophyllia | DEN | Hard coral |
| Diploastrea | DIP | Hard coral |
| Echinopora | ECHP | Hard coral |
| Echinophyllia | ECHY | Hard coral |
| Euphyllia | EUP | Hard coral |
| Favites | FAI | Hard coral |
| Fungia | FUN | Hard coral |
| Gardineroseris | GAR | Hard coral |
| Galaxea | GLX | Hard coral |
| Goniopora | GOP | Hard coral |
| Goniastrea | GOT | Hard coral |
| Halomitra | HAL | Hard coral |
| Bleached Hard Coral | HC_Blch | Hard coral |
| Hard Coral (branching) | HC_bra | Hard coral |
| Hard Coral (columnar) | HC_col | Hard coral |
| Hard Coral (encrusting) | HC_encr | Hard coral |
| Hard Coral (foliose) | HC_fol | Hard coral |
| Hard Coral (massive) | HC_mas | Hard coral |
| Heterocyathus | HCY | Hard coral |
| Herpolitha | HER | Hard coral |
| Heteropsammia cochlea | HTP | Hard coral |
| Hydnophora | HYD | Hard coral |
| Isopora | ISO | Hard coral |
| Lobophyllia | LOB | Hard coral |
| Leptastrea | LTA | Hard coral |
| Leptoria | LTO | Hard coral |
| Leptoseris | LTS | Hard coral |
| Madracis | MAD | Hard coral |
| Merulina | MER | Hard coral |
| Montastraea | MTA | Hard coral |
| Montipora | MTI | Hard coral |
| Mycedium | MYC | Hard coral |
| Oxypora | OCY | Hard coral |
| Oulophyllia | OUL | Hard coral |
| Pachyseris | PAC | Hard coral |
| Pavona | PAV | Hard coral |
| Pectinia | PEC | Hard coral |
| Phymastrea | PHM | Hard coral |
| Physogyra | PHS | Hard coral |
| Platygyra | PLA | Hard coral |
| Plerogyra | PLG | Hard coral |
| Plesiastrea | PLS | Hard coral |
| Pocillopora | POC | Hard coral |
| Podabacia | POD | Hard coral |
| Polyphillia | POL | Hard coral |
| Porites (branching) | POR_BRA | Hard coral |
| Porites (massive) | POR_MAS | Hard coral |
| Porites | POR_RUS | Hard coral |
| Psammocora | PSA | Hard coral |
| Pseudosiderastrea | PSE | Hard coral |
| Recently killed coral | RKC | Hard coral |
| Sandolitha | SAN | Hard coral |
| Scolymia | SCO | Hard coral |
| Seriatopora | SER | Hard coral |
| Stylocoeniella | STC | Hard coral |
| Stylophora | STP | Hard coral |
| Trachyphyllia | TRA | Hard coral |
| Tubastrea | TUB | Hard coral |
| Turbinaria (coral) | TUR | Hard coral |
| Hard coral | UHC | Hard coral |
| Anemone | ANM | Other Invertebrates |
| Ascidian | ASC | Other Invertebrates |
| Bivalve | BIV | Other Invertebrates |
| CRED-Corallimorph | CMOR | Other Invertebrates |
| Crown of Thorns Sea Star | COT | Other Invertebrates |
| Tridacna: Giant clam | GC | Other Invertebrates |
| Hydroid | HDR | Other Invertebrates |
| Heliopora | HLP | Other Invertebrates |
| Cnidaria: Corals: Black & Octocorals | MGCB | Other Invertebrates |
| Other Invertebrates | MINV | Other Invertebrates |
| Molluscs: Snails | MOSN | Other Invertebrates |
| Millepora | MPR | Other Invertebrates |
| Soft Coral | SC | Other Invertebrates |
| Other sessile invertebrates | SINV | Other Invertebrates |
| Encrusting sponge | SP_ENC | Other Invertebrates |
| Sponge | SP_ERC | Other Invertebrates |
| Tunicate | TUN | Other Invertebrates |
| Zoanthid | ZA | Other Invertebrates |
| Gravel | GR | Soft Substrate |
| Sand | Sand | Soft Substrate |
| Boulder | BD | Hard Substrate |
| Cobbles | CB | Hard Substrate |
| Dead coral | D_coral | Hard Substrate |
| Rock | Rock | Hard Substrate |
| Substrate: Consolidated (hard) Boulders | SCBOU | Hard Substrate |
| Cyanobacteria | CYANOB | Other |
| Fishing gear | FISH_G | Other |
| All other | Other | Other |
| Shadow | SHAD | Other |
| Transect hardware | Trans | Other |
| Trash: Human Origin | Trash_HUM | Other |
| Trash | Trash_NAT | Other |
| CREP-T1 Tape/Wand | TW | Other |
| Unclear | Unc | Other |
| Unknown | Unk | Other |
| Other Algae | AO | Algae |
| CREP-T3a Boodlea spp | Bood | Algae |
| Caulerpa | Caulerpa | Algae |
| CCA (crustose coralline algae) | CCA | Algae |
| Chlorodesmis sp. | Chlor | Algae |
| Dictyota | Dictyota | Algae |
| Epilithic algal matirx smotheting rubble | EAM_RB | Algae |
| Halimeda | HALI | Algae |
| Lobophora | Lobophora | Algae |
| Macroalgae | MA | Algae |
| Microalgae | MI | Algae |
| Padina | Padina | Algae |
| Peyssonnelia | Peysson | Algae |
| Turbinaria (algae) | Turbin | Algae |
| Turf algae | Turf | Algae |
| Tydemania spp. | Tyd | Algae |
| Seagrass | SG | Seagrass |