LPS coral identification

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Can someone give me the identification of this coral?
 

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I am unsure but it does look like a torch to me. If it is a torch, then I would say it is a highliter torch. Can y ok get a close up picture on one of its tentacles by itself or slightly isolated?
 
cristata possibly
...or it could just be a slightly retracted torch
 
well looking deeper i think its possible it could be galaxea of some variant. maybe galaxea fascicularis.

https://www.reeflex.net/tiere/663_Galaxea_fascicularis.htm
Theres all sorts of galaxea and some are long tentacle that can look very similar to a torch. the coral in the picture is fairly tall though.

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Galaxea horrescens which is branching but not sure what that looks like outside of this one frag.

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