Coral ID please

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I’d appreciate any help with ID.

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Hard to tell with tentacles extended. Either Lobophylliidae or Merulinidae sp.

Leaning towards a goniastrea.
Goniastrea have smaller, pale corallites which have strong paliform lobes. Almost all identifications of Goniastrea in the hobby are wrong.
 

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