Interesting! There are lots of indoles out there, so it could be a coincidence, but it’d be interesting to test it.

Yep, it’s true! After a lot of thought, I’ve decided to go with either “jellyfish” or “medusa.” Two reasons: 1) If someone doesn’t understand that jellyfish aren’t fish, than they probably need to spend a little more time learning about fish. 2) Medusae definitely are not “jelly” either, in the colloquial sense of the term. For articles like this, the most important thing to me is that my audience can picture the animal I’m talking about. Most people can picture the animal I mean if I say “jellyfish,” but “sea jelly” or “jelly” is much more ambiguous.

Really, we need to come up with a better term. But I’m in no position to change this tide at this point, so I stick with good ol’ “jellyfish” :)