Help identifying coarse, green branched algae

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I've searched and searched R2R for other examples of this nuisance algae I've been battling for the past 6 months, but no luck. It grows into long, thin, branched strands and feels coarser than GHA. It doesn't have the feather-like tips I'm used to seeing with bryopsis. The stuff is completely avoided by snails, but I have an urchin and chiton that (slowly) pick at it. Hoping to learn more about it and possible ways to treat it. Thanks
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it is like roots, you're right. here's my attempt at a better pic. the mystery algae is on the left. at the bottom, you can see where it was anchored on the rock.

for comparison, some turf algae that I plucked is on the right. that stuff is also avoided by my cuc, maybe cladophora?
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