Montipora ID Please?

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So, I got this piece of Monti about two weeks ago. Someone mentioned to me that it was a Green Joker Monti? But that doesn't say much...
Anyone know the actual name for this? Apparently, it's pretty rare says my boss who fragged it for me. I got it as a gift, it seems to be doing very well. But I would really like to know the actual name of this cutie so I can do some research. The polyps are actually pretty large for a montipora. It almost looks like cyphastrea.

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I have a so called Long Neon polyp joker Monti I picked up from ASD. They run abut $30-50 a frag. I've always wondered if it was an Asteropora but recently when I acquired MENs unfortunately I found out the hard way they seemed to devour the tissue. Luckily it recovered quite well and is thriving. Mine prefers lower lighting and medium flow for deep purple color and full PE. Too much light seems to fade the purple and too much flow keeps the polyps retracted. Always wondered if it's a true Monti since there's not much info about them. But in my case with the MENs I'd say it's a Monti or in the Monti family.
 

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If it's larger it would help. so I can probably put a species name to it but no "designer" name, I don't really keep track of those much.
 

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