Please help me ID these LPS corals

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Please include the # in the photo when you comment the name!

Many thanks in advance!!!

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Are you looking for trade names or type of coral?
 
#1 Goniopora

#3 Galaxea

#11 Blasto (pretty sure Merletti)

#13 Lordhowensis likely

#8 maybe Lord go also

#9 possible Leptastrea
 
Please include the # in the photo when you comment the name!

Many thanks in advance!!!

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1. Goniopora
2. Dipsastraea
3. Euphyllia glabrescens
4, 6-8, 10, 11, 13. Micromussa lordhowensis
5. Cynarina lacrymalis
9. Merulinidae sp.
12. Acanthastrea echinata
 
#1 Goniopora

#3 Galaxea

#11 Blasto (pretty sure Merletti)

#13 Lordhowensis likely

#8 maybe Lord go also

#9 possible Leptastrea
3 isn't Galaxea, notice corallite size and phaceloid growth form (as opposed to fasciculate in Galaxea)

11 isn't Blasto, notice ovate corallites and lack of vescicles

8 isn't Leptastrea, notice corallite size and calice largely filled by coenosarc/mantle (as opposed to oral disc in Leptastrea)
 

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