| Name | Short Code | Functional Group |
|---|---|---|
| Acropora (branching) | Acr_bra | Hard coral |
| Acropora (digitate) | Acr_dig | Hard coral |
| Acropora (encrusting) | Acr_enc | Hard coral |
| Acropora (submassive) | Acr_sub | Hard coral |
| Acropora_tabular | acrtab | Hard coral |
| Hard Coral Mushroom | HC_mush | Hard coral |
| Non-Acropora branching | NonAcBr | Hard coral |
| Non-Acropora encrusting | NonAcEnc | Hard coral |
| Non-Acropora foliose | NonAcF | Hard coral |
| Non-Acropora massive | NonAcM | Hard coral |
| Non-Acropora submassive | NonAcSub | Hard coral |
| Heliopora | Heliop | Other Invertebrates |
| Millepora | Millepora | Other Invertebrates |
| Soft Coral | SC | Other Invertebrates |
| Sponge | SP | Other Invertebrates |
| Tubipora | Tubipora | Other Invertebrates |
| Zoanthid | Zoanthid | Other Invertebrates |
| Sand | Sand | Soft Substrate |
| Silt/Clay | Silt | Soft Substrate |
| Dead coral | D_coral | Hard Substrate |
| Rock | Rock | Hard Substrate |
| Dead coral with algae | DeadAlg | Other |
| Other | O | Other |
| Rubble | Rubble | Other |
| Water | WATER | Other |
| Algae | Algae | Algae |
| CCA (crustose coralline algae) | CCA | Algae |
| Halimeda | Halimeda | Algae |
| Macroalgae | MAL | Algae |
| Turf algae | Turf | Algae |