Is this a torch or a Duncan ?

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I got this coral and I can’t tell what it is I’m either thinking a torch or a Duncan ? Can anyone help identify thank you !

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Galaxea? would need a better photo, possibly under whites, to tell
 
Looks like a torch, but we are going to need photos under white lights to better verify
 
I got this coral and I can’t tell what it is I’m either thinking a torch or a Duncan ? Can anyone help identify thank you !

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From what’s visible in the photo, this looks much more like a Duncan than a torch.
At that size/stage, a torch would usually show a clearly visible, rough white skeleton at the top of the head, with the flesh pulling back a bit and distinct longer tentacles. That exposed skeleton is one of the easiest tells — and it’s not visible here.
Duncans, on the other hand, tend to stay fully fleshed over the skeleton, with shorter, more uniform tentacles and a softer look like what you’re showing. The growth form and lack of exposed skeleton point strongly in that direction.

So based on what we can see so far, Duncan is the more likely ID.
 
If I had to choose torch. Duncan head structure looks more like a star when fully opened. And doesn’t have glowing tips
 
Galaxea, not torch. Note how the corallite structure is fasciculate and not phaceloid.
 

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