| Name | Short Code | Functional Group |
|---|---|---|
| Bleached Hard Coral | B_HC | Hard coral |
| Hard Coral (branching) | C_branch | Hard coral |
| Hard Coral (columnar) | HC_column | Hard coral |
| Hard Coral (encrusting) | HC_encr | Hard coral |
| Hard Coral (foliose) | HC_fol | Hard coral |
| Hard Coral (free-living) | HC_free | Hard coral |
| Hard Coral (massive) | HC_massive | Hard coral |
| Hard Coral (submassive) | HC_submass | Hard coral |
| Non hermatypic: Millepora (Fire coral) | NN_MIL | Hard coral |
| Unknown Hard Coral | UnkCoral | Hard coral |
| Anemone | Anemone | Other Invertebrates |
| Ascidian | ASCD | Other Invertebrates |
| Bryozoan | bryozoan | Other Invertebrates |
| Crown of Thorns Sea Star | COT | Other Invertebrates |
| Echinoderms: Sea stars | ESS | Other Invertebrates |
| Tridacna: Giant clam | GiCl | Other Invertebrates |
| Gorgonian | GOR | Other Invertebrates |
| Molluscs | MO | Other Invertebrates |
| Non hermatypic: Heliopora (Blue coral) | NN_HEL | Other Invertebrates |
| Soft Coral | SC | Other Invertebrates |
| Sponge | SP | Other Invertebrates |
| CRED-Sponge | *SP | Other Invertebrates |
| Echinoderms: sea urchin | Urchins | Other Invertebrates |
| Sand | Sand | Soft Substrate |
| Dead coral with algae | DeadAlg | Other |
| Rubble | Rubble | Other |
| CREP-T1 Tape/Wand | *TW | Other |
| CREP-T1 Unclassified/Unknown benthos | *UC | Other |
| Unknown | Unk | Other |
| CCA (crustose coralline algae) | CCA | Algae |
| EAM: Dead Hard Coral | EAM_DHC | Algae |
| Macroalgae | MAL | Algae |
| Turf algae | Turf | Algae |