Algae ID help request

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I was recently cleaning out the fuge section of my sump and found a new type of algae growing on one of the baffles. When removing a section it was bursting in my fingers and squirting water. I have a picture of a small section attached.

Is this bubble algae?
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If so is it cause for concern, and what are options to remove it?
It is currently growing in the fuge section of my sump that also contains chaeto.
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Look up Neomeris, Cladophoropsis, and dictyota. It may be one of them

It's not bubble algae
Thank you very much for your input! While it does look a lot like these, specifically Neomeris or a young dictoya, it is not at all fibrous or dense like neomeris appears to be. Based on google image search - dictoya seems the closest, however that appears to branch out and grow wide. I first noticed this growing in my sump a few months ago and it grows much more like grass in a yard than a branching tree. Once they are ‘popped’ and no water remains in them they have no form.
 

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Thank you very much for your input! While it does look a lot like these, specifically Neomeris or a young dictoya, it is not at all fibrous or dense like neomeris appears to be. Based on google image search - dictoya seems the closest, however that appears to branch out and grow wide. I first noticed this growing in my sump a few months ago and it grows much more like grass in a yard than a branching tree. Once they are ‘popped’ and no water remains in them they have no form.
Very interesting what we find in our tanks!
 

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