ID this coral ?

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Hey guys is this considered a soft coral? And what is this Cora called.

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That is an LPS coral in the family merulinidae. That coral is a trumpet coral, which is either a caulastraea or an astraeosmilia. It is probably a caulastraea since astraeosmilias are not imported that often.
 

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