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Anybody has an idea what species this coral is.

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Looks like a lord
I was thinking a lord as well, but the heads are much larger than what lords usually have. Some heads' diameters exceeds 4 inched.
 
Those heads are giant! Looks to be mircromussa lordhowensis but the polyp size is crazy.
 
Only thing I can think of is Sclerophyllia maxima, but that species is a WIO endemic (where coral collection/export is illegal), so it should not be in aquariums. Are you able to ask the person/vendor you got this from where it came from/was collected?
 
Alternatively, it could be a Caribbean Mussine like Mussa angulosa, although collection/export of Caribbean corals are illegal, so these corals shouldn't be in the hobby either.
 

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