Those three anemones in particular seem to involve some creative science as far as ID'ing them because there are lots of mis-ID's for them in the hobby.
Some people say H. malu is rarely if ever collected for the hobby, some people say the same for H. crispa so you need to pick who to believe.
If the tentacles are corkscrewed then it might be M. doreensis.
If the tentacles are so numerous you can't see the oral disk through the tentacles then it might be H. crispa.
I think H.malu tentacles don't get very large, but I don't remember for sure.
If you want to follow this up some more, you want to see if you can pick up a copy of "A Field Guide to Anemonefish..." (by Dr.s Fautin and Allen). There's some good tips for ID'ing in there.
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