| Name | Short Code | Functional Group |
|---|---|---|
| Acropora | AC | Hard coral |
| Acropora clathrata | AcrClath | Hard coral |
| Acropora hyacinthus | AcrHya | Hard coral |
| Acropora muricata | AcrMur | Hard coral |
| Acropora nana | ACRna | Hard coral |
| Acropora globiceps | AGLO | Hard coral |
| Alveopora | ALVEO | Hard coral |
| Acropora cf. pulchra | APULCHRA | Hard coral |
| Bleached Hard Coral | BL | Hard coral |
| Coral | CORL | Hard coral |
| Isopora crateriformis | craterifor | Hard coral |
| Diseased Coral | DCOR | Hard coral |
| Diploastrea heliopora | DiplHel | Hard coral |
| Goniastrea stelligera | FAVS | Hard coral |
| Fungia | FUN | Hard coral |
| Galaxea fascicularis | GalFasc | Hard coral |
| Leptoria phrygia | Lepphrygia | Hard coral |
| Lobophyllia hemprichii | LoboHemp | Hard coral |
| Millepora platyphylla | MilPla | Hard coral |
| Montastrea curta | Mon_cur | Hard coral |
| Montipora (encrusting) | MONT | Hard coral |
| Old Dead Coral | ODC | Hard coral |
| Pavona chiriquiensis | PavChi | Hard coral |
| Pavona decussata | PAVD | Hard coral |
| Pavona frondifera | PAVF | Hard coral |
| Pavona varians | PavVar | Hard coral |
| Pocillopora damicornis | POCID | Hard coral |
| Pocillopora verrucosa | POCIV | Hard coral |
| Porites cylindrica | PORC | Hard coral |
| Porites (massive) | PORM | Hard coral |
| Porites rus | PORR | Hard coral |
| Recently dead coral | RDC | Hard coral |
| Turbinaria reniformis | TurRen | Hard coral |
| Rhodactis | RHOX | Other Invertebrates |
| Porifera | SPO | Other Invertebrates |
| Sinularia | SUNU | Other Invertebrates |
| Zoanthus pacificus | ZOA | Other Invertebrates |
| Sand | S | Soft Substrate |
| Coral Rock with Algae | CoralRA | Hard Substrate |
| Pavement | P | Hard Substrate |
| Dead coral with algae | DCA | Other |
| Other | O | Other |
| Rubble | R | Other |
| Shadow | SHAD | Other |
| TAPE | TAPE | Other |
| Unknown | UNK | Other |
| Wand | WAND | Other |
| Actinotrichia fragilis | ACT | Algae |
| Asparagopsis taxiformis | ASP | Algae |
| Boergesenia forbesii | BOER | Algae |
| Bryopsis pennata | BRY | Algae |
| CCA (crustose coralline algae) | CALG | Algae |
| Caulerpa cupressoides | CCUP | Algae |
| Chlorodesmis fastigiata | CHLOR | Algae |
| Codium | CODI | Algae |
| Colpomenia sinuosa | COLPO | Algae |
| Caulerpa racemosa | CRACE | Algae |
| Caulerpa serrulata | CSERR | Algae |
| Caulerpa sertularioides | CSERT | Algae |
| Caulerpa taxifolia or similar | CTAXI | Algae |
| Dictyosphaeria cavernosa | DCAV | Algae |
| Dichotomaria marginata | DICH | Algae |
| Dictyota | DICTY | Algae |
| Dictyosphaeria versluysii | DVERS | Algae |
| Galaxaura filamentosa | GALAX | Algae |
| Halimeda macroloba | HALIM | Algae |
| Halimeda opuntia | HALIO | Algae |
| Hypnea pannosa | HYPN | Algae |
| Laurencia spp. | LAUR | Algae |
| Lobophora variegata | LOBO | Algae |
| Macroalgae | MACRO | Algae |
| Neomeris vanbosseae | NEO | Algae |
| Sargassum | SARG | Algae |
| Turbinaria ornata | TURB | Algae |
| Turf algae | Turf | Algae |
| Valonia fastigiata | VALF | Algae |
| Ventricaria ventricosa | VNVN | Algae |
| Halophila | HALO | Seagrass |