| Name | Short Code | Functional Group |
|---|---|---|
| Hard coral | HC | Hard coral |
| Soft Coral | SC | Other Invertebrates |
| Debris Mix | B-DMIX | Soft Substrate |
| Debris Shell | B-DSHE | Soft Substrate |
| Sand and sediment | Mix | Soft Substrate |
| Sand | Sand | Soft Substrate |
| sediment (fine) | sed_fine | Soft Substrate |
| Sediment | Sediment | Soft Substrate |
| sediment (thick) | sed_thick | Soft Substrate |
| Thin Sediment over Rock | ThnSedRck | Soft Substrate |
| Bare Rocks | Bare_rock | Hard Substrate |
| Debris Coral | B-DCOR | Hard Substrate |
| Dead coral | D_coral | Hard Substrate |
| Dead Coral with Turf Sediment (LOF) | DEAD+TS | Hard Substrate |
| Rock Turf Algae | RCTA | Hard Substrate |
| Dead coral with turf algae | TURDHC | Hard Substrate |
| Debris | Debris | Other |
| On Quadrat | ONQUAD | Other |
| Out of quadrat | OOQ | Other |
| Quadrat | QUD | Other |
| Rubble/debris/shell hash | RUBB | Other |
| Rubble | Rubble | Other |
| Sand and dead coral | sadc | Other |
| Tape/Quadrat/Shadow | TQS | Other |
| CCA (crustose coralline algae) | CCA | Algae |
| Turf algae | Turf | Algae |
| Turf growing on hard substrate | TURFH | Algae |
| Turf on rubble | Turf_rubbl | Algae |
| Turf and sand | Turf_sand | Algae |
| Turf with sediment | Turfsed | Algae |