Need help with these

Oldude

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I can't find a decent match to either of these in any of my books including Veron's publications. Any thoughts?

This first one may need to grow a bit more but I would appreciate your guesses.
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Hey, Greg, beauties, as alwasy. That second one I have and am convinced it is not A. tenuis, as it doesn't have the roseatte form of radials. Only two come in question, A. selago, my choice, or possibly A. subulata, which should have less scale-like radials. This is a personal favourite with me. It produces quite a bit of branching making it different from the typical idea of A. selago

The first kid is probably A. valida, but could be A. secale.

There are quite a few corals I can't really place and think they may represent possible new species, depending on where you set the barriers. What is that question;'what is a species?'
 
Thanks Jamie, I am quite sure the first is not a. valida. It has more in commom with A.secale but the tips are what really throw me off. As far as the 2nd I agree it's not a.tenuis, maybe a.selago but it is a hard to tell for sure. I have my doubts about it being a.subulata. The growth form is almost enchinata-like in some ways but I don't think that's what it is either. Both of them have me stumped so far. I appreciate your thoughts and input.:)
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