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Can anyone help me properly ID this coral?

I found this coral on Instagram and really liked it, but when I asked the owner, they weren’t completely sure about the exact ID either.

It’s sitting on the sand bed, very fleshy, and has multiple mouths/heads. It expands quite a lot and almost looks like an open brain, but it’s definitely not a single polyp.

I’ve heard Lobophyllia and Goniastrea, but I’m still not convinced.

Would really appreciate a more precise ID if possible 🙏

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maybe a favia? having trouble pinning this one down, it looks meaty like a micromussa or blasto, but the larger and uneven polyps make me think favia.
 
Paragoniastrea australensis or possibly Oulophyllia given the fleshiness (although could just be overinflated)
maybe a favia? having trouble pinning this one down, it looks meaty like a micromussa or blasto, but the larger and uneven polyps make me think favia.
True Favia don't exist in the hobby; wouldn't be any ex-Favia either, as the corallite morphology is meandroid and not plocoid
 

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