| Name | Short Code | Functional Group |
|---|---|---|
| Ascidians: stalked:Colonial | ASSC | Other Invertebrates |
| Ascidians: stalked: Solitary | ASSS | Other Invertebrates |
| Ascidians: Unstalked: Colonial | ASUC | Other Invertebrates |
| Ascidians: Unstalked: Solitary | ASUS | Other Invertebrates |
| Crustacea | CR | Other Invertebrates |
| Echinoderms: Feather stars | EFS | Other Invertebrates |
| Echinoderms: Sea stars | ESS | Other Invertebrates |
| Molluscs: Gastropods | gastropod | Other Invertebrates |
| Sessile invertebrate | SES INV | Other Invertebrates |
| Sponge | SP | Other Invertebrates |
| Echinoderms: sea urchin | Urchins | Other Invertebrates |
| Worms: Polychaetes | WP | Other Invertebrates |
| Gravel | GRAV | Soft Substrate |
| Sand | Sand | Soft Substrate |
| Silt/Clay | Silt | Soft Substrate |
| Vegetation | VEG | Soft Substrate |
| Shell/ Shell Hash | Shell | Hard Substrate |
| Animal | ANM | Other |
| Holes | Holes | Other |
| Marine Debris | MarDeb | Other |
| Shadow | SHAD | Other |
| Seagrass wrack | SWra | Other |
| Wrack | WRACK | Other |
| Brown Macroalgae | BrownM | Algae |
| Caulerpa taxifolia or similar | Ctax | Algae |
| Macroalgae: Large canopy-forming : Ecklonia | ECKL | Algae |
| Epiphytic algae | MAFE | Algae |
| Macroalgae: Filamentous / filiform : green | MAFG | Algae |
| Macroalgae: Globose / saccate green | MAGG | Algae |
| Macroalgae: Laminate: brown | MALAB | Algae |
| Macroalgae: Laminate: green | MALAG | Algae |
| Macroalgae-Seaweed | MALG | Algae |
| Microalgae | MIC | Algae |
| Red Macroalgae | RedM | Algae |
| Ulva | Ulva | Algae |
| Dead seagrass | D_Seagrass | Seagrass |
| Halophila ovalis | HalophOva | Seagrass |
| Seagrass | Seagrass | Seagrass |
| Seagrasses: Strap-like leaves: P. australis | SGSP | Seagrass |
| Zostera spp. | zost | Seagrass |