Dive Codes

The Dive Codes are the shorthand used in the Eventlog to provide the observers with a standard vocabulary and assist the observers with making observations more quickly.

Taxa

ACN - Actinaria (anemone)
APH - Amphipod
ART - Arthropod
ASR - Asteroid
BAR - Barnacle
BIO - Biology (unspecified)
BIV - Bivalve
BRA - Brachiopod
BRY - Bryozoan
CER - Cerianthid (tube anemone)
CHI - Chiton
CLA - Clams
CNI - Cnidarian
COP - Copepods
COR - Coral
CORA - Antipatharian
CORAC - Acanthogorgiidae
CORC - Coralliidae
CORCH - Chrysogorgiidae
CORI - Isididae
CORL - Lophelia
CORM - Madrepora
CORO - Octocoral
CORP - Paramuricea
CORPA - Paragorgiidae
CORPL - Plexauridae
CORPR - Primnoidae
CORS - Stylasterid
CPEN - Pennatulacean
CORW - Whip coral
CRA - Crab
CRAKC - King crab (family Lithodidae)
CRARED - Red Deep Sea Crab (Chaceon quinquedens)
CRASPI - Spider crabs (family Majoidea)
CRI - Crinoid
CRIHYO - Hyocrinida
CRIBAT - Bathycrinidae
CRIBOU - Bourgeuticrinidae
CRIANT - Antedonidae
CRIZEN - Zenometridae
CRIPNT - Pentametrocinidae
CRIATE - Atelecrinidae
CRITHA - Thalassometridae
CTE - Ctenophore
DAN - Dandelion
ECN - Echiuran
ENT - Enteropneust
EGG - Egg (case)
FEC - Fecal (matter)
FSH - Fish
FCHN - Chondrichthyes
FCOD - Codlets
FREF - Reeffish (grouper, tilefish, AJs, snapper)
FANT - Anthiins (fancy bass)
FELO - Elongate (eels, brotulids)
FOVO - Ovoid (roughys, boarfish, dories)
FLAT – Flatfish
FOR - Foraminiferan
GAS - Gastropods (not limpets)
GRO - Gromiid
HOL - Holutharian
HYD - Hydroid
ISO - Isopod
JFH - Jellyfish
LAR - Larvacean house
LIM - Limpets
LOB - Lobster
MAT - Bacterial (Mat)
MUC - Unidentified mucus structure
MOL - Mollusk
MUS - Mussels
NUD - Nudibranch
OCT - Octopus
OPH - Ophiuroid
PAG - Pagurid (hermit)
POL - Polychaete
PTE - Pteropod
PYC - Pycnogonid
RIF - Riftia
SAL - Salp
SCA - Scale (worm)
SER - Serpulid worm
SHI - Shrimp
SIP- Siphonphores
SPA - Spaghetti worms
SPO - Sponge
SPOAST: Astrophorid sponge
SPODEM: Demosponge
SPOGEO: Geodiid sponge
SPOP - Pheronematidae
SPOE - Euplectellidae
SPOR - Rossellidae
SQA - Squat Lobster
SQD - Squid
STR - Mucus string
STY - Stylasterine hydrocoral
TUB - Tubeworms (not Riftia)
TUN - Tunicate
URC - Urchin
USO - Unidentified sessile object
WOD - Wood
WOR - Worm
XEN - Xenophyophoran
ZOA - Zoanthid

Geology

BUR - Burrow
COB - Cobble
CONG - Conglomerate
DIKE - Dike
MUD - Mud
RIP - Ripples
ROC - Rock
ROU - Rounded
RUB - Rubble
SAD - Sand
SED - Sediment
SUB - Subangular
SUL - Sulfide
VNT - Vent
WAL - Wall

Lava Morphology

ENT - Entrail
FOL - Folded
FRAC - Fractured
HAC - Hackly
JUM - Jumbled
LOB - Lobate
PIL - Pillow
ROPY - Ropy lava flow
SHE - Sheet
TAL - Talus
VCL - Volcaniclastics

Sediment Cover

BLA - Blanket
HEA - Heavy/Coalescent
LIG - Light
POC - Partial/Pockets

Feature

ASG - Axial Summit Graben
AVR - Axial Volcanic Ridge
CAR - Carbonate
CLI - Cliff
COL - Collapse
CON - Contact
FAU - Fault
FIS - Fissure
HAY - Haystack
HYX - Hydrothermal
PIL - Pillar
SCP - Scarp
SEP - Seep

Other

ANT - Anthropogenic object (trash, traps lines, etc.)

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