Algae identification

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What type of algae is this? It won’t come off with a toothbrush. It’s so stuck the only way to get it to come off is to scrape with tweezers. It looks like scales.
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What type of algae is this? It won’t come off with a toothbrush. It’s so stuck the only way to get it to come off is to scrape with tweezers. It looks like scales.
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Pictures nor quite in focus. I’ll guess that the algae is Ulva, sea lettuce.
 

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