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Can you guys help me identify what type coral this is?

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Looks sort of like a bleached fungia plate coral or bleached ball anemone. Single polyp of elegance maybe? How big are they?
 
Any chance it’s a LPS Tongue coral ( Polyphyllia sp) they are usually more long then round though also aggressive or Plate Coral, Long Tentacle(Heliofungia actiniformis) also mentioned above. The color is off a bit but most likely camera or light since the (Cespitularia) or (Xenia) in background is close to same color. Totally guessing here though maybe with few more pictures especially of foot or base as mentioned above. Branching type ? Base? On plug or free movers? To be totally honest first thing I saw was it looks just like my Pom Pom crab anemones they are white just like this. I’m sure you get more info from the coral experts I just go by what I have got or seen. Happy Reefing.
 
I don’t know what yours is, and I don’t know what mine is. It just popped out into view this morning
(Lovely surprise). It might have been hijacking on a blue tux urchin I purchased 2 days ago
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Update 10-1-19 The actual size of this beauty is about 1/4” (it’s smaller than my pinky nail). I found another one top of a rock that I can’t really grab a pic of. The latest discovery is similar in size, isn’t as pretty, but I still love it.
Full disclosure: I bought the tank about a month ago from a fellow reefer (softy tank). We contacted the former owner through a text with pic and he replied that he thought of it as an invasive species, apologized and let us know he tried to get rid of them all. He didn’t give us any hint to what it is
Some face to face comments have been one of two types... a minimax carpet anemone, or a rock anemone.
 
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I don’t know what yours is, and I don’t know what mine is. It just popped out into view this morning
(Lovely surprise). It might have been hijacking on a blue tux urchin I purchased 2 days ago
D5065F4D-027F-4613-A6A8-6046700EFDBD.jpeg
Rock anemone
 
I don’t know what yours is, and I don’t know what mine is. It just popped out into view this morning
(Lovely surprise). It might have been hijacking on a blue tux urchin I purchased 2 days ago
D5065F4D-027F-4613-A6A8-6046700EFDBD.jpeg

Update 10-1-19 The actual size of this beauty is about 1/4” (it’s smaller than my pinky nail). I found another one top of a rock that I can’t really grab a pic of. The latest discovery is similar in size, isn’t as pretty, but I still love it.
Full disclosure: I bought the tank about a month ago from a fellow reefer (softy tank). We contacted the former owner through a text with pic and he replied that he thought of it as an invasive species, apologized and let us know he tried to get rid of them all. He didn’t give us any hint to what it is
Some face to face comments have been one of two types... a minimax carpet anemone, or a rock anemone.
Latest update to my mystery anemone/coral, it moved and grew. It’s bigger than my thumbnail
Any more guesses or any changes to what you thought it was?

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