What coral is this?

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hello got a mystery coral and was just curious what coral it is? Looks abit red

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Looks like a pavona to me based on the striations but would it be possible to take a picture with flash? It’s really hard to see the roughness of the surface which may help in this case.
 
Looks like a pavona to me based on the striations but would it be possible to take a picture with flash? It’s really hard to see the roughness of the surface which may help in this case.
 

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Leptoseris cf mycetoseroides
I'm going with Pachyseris, elephant skin coral
Pachyseris has "zig-zag"-like walls like this:
Pachyseris speciosa; Kiribati | Credit: Debra Baker
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Encrusting monti-cap?
As far as I know, there are no TRUE Montipora capricornus in the hobby; all are just other foliose species of Montipora
Pavona maldivensis has exert corallites, which this coral does not have
 
It is a leptoseris they confirmed it just don’t know which!
 

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