| Name | Short Code | Functional Group |
|---|---|---|
| Hard coral | HC | Hard coral |
| Non hermatypic: Millepora (Fire coral) | MC | Hard coral |
| Ascidian | ASCD | Other Invertebrates |
| Gorgonian | GOR | Other Invertebrates |
| Briareum | GORG-BRI | Other Invertebrates |
| Octocorallia | OCTO | Other Invertebrates |
| Palythoa | PALYTHO | Other Invertebrates |
| Pseudopterogorgia | PSE | Other Invertebrates |
| Pterogorgia | PTE | Other Invertebrates |
| Sponge | SP | Other Invertebrates |
| Zoanthid | ZO | Other Invertebrates |
| Sand | SAND | Soft Substrate |
| Cyanobacteria | CYANOB | Other |
| Schizothrix | CYANRED | Other |
| All other | Other | Other |
| Shadow | SHAD | Other |
| TAPE | TAPE | Other |
| Other Turf | TRF | Other |
| Unknown | Unk | Other |
| Acetabularia spp. | ACET | Algae |
| Amphiroa sp. | Amphi | Algae |
| Anadyomene stellata | Anastella | Algae |
| Avrainvillea | Avrainvil | Algae |
| Caulerpa | Caulerpa | Algae |
| CCA (crustose coralline algae) | CCA | Algae |
| Codium | Cod | Algae |
| Dasycladus vermicularis | DASVE | Algae |
| Dictyosphaerea | DCTpha | Algae |
| Dictyota | DICT | Algae |
| Galaxaura | Galaxaura | Algae |
| Halimeda | HALI | Algae |
| Jania | Jania | Algae |
| Liagora | LIA | Algae |
| Lobophora | LOBO | Algae |
| Macroalgae | MAL | Algae |
| Microdictyon | Microdicty | Algae |
| Neomeris | Neomeris | Algae |
| Padina | PAD | Algae |
| Penicillus spp. | PENCIL | Algae |
| Peyssonnelia | PEY | Algae |
| Porolithon | PORO | Algae |
| Rhipocephalus phoenix | Rhipo.phoe | Algae |
| Sargassum | SARG | Algae |
| Stypopodium sp. | STYP | Algae |
| Turbinaria (algae) | TURB | Algae |
| Turf growing on hard substrate | TURFH | Algae |
| Turf on rubble | TURFR | Algae |
| Turf and sand | TURFS | Algae |
| Udotea spp. | UDOT | Algae |
| Unknown macroalgae | UMA | Algae |
| Valonia spp. | Valspp | Algae |
| Ventricaria sp. | Vent | Algae |
| Wrangelia | WRA | Algae |
| Halophila stipulacea | HAST | Seagrass |
| Seagrass | SEAG | Seagrass |
| Syringodium filiforme | SYFI | Seagrass |