I always say GoC, but as long as you don’t call it the Western Gulf of America I’m good with it.
I’d never heard Vermillion Sea but I see it on this map from 1656..!
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Steve Haddock
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Marine biology, ctenophores, bioluminescence, deep-sea, genomics, computing for biologists. The Radiant Sea. Photo book. Cello? Views my own. bit.ly/arms-deep bit.ly/radsea
![A pinkish, translucent, roughly bell-shaped jelly on a black background. Iridescent and red vertical stripe run down its tapered body. The top comes to a point, and the bottom is slightly flared. Upon close inspection, you can see little grape-like clusters of gonads next to the vertical stripes, which are the comb rows and main canals.
This [relatively] massive Beroe was observed on a blue-water scuba dive off California. It is 18cm (7 inches) long. Photo: S.Haddock ©MBARI 2025
Fun faCT: If you look closely, you can see the reproductive cells on both sides of the canals. Viewed from the end, rather than the side, the female eggs develop next to the major body axis (like North, S, E, W), and male cells develop on the sides of the canal that are 45° off from the axes (NorthEast, SE, SW, NW). So here you can see 2 sets of eggs, and 4 sets of male gonads.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:funpixcztysgcgvutfyjabnl/bafkreihzme4m42oopw2rfdb7aerfad2nwu3vmg2nggav5fhulfewam5on4)
