Dendrobranchiata
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Dendrobranchiata is a suborder of decapods, commonly known as prawns. There are 540 extant species in seven families, and a fossil record extending back to the Devonian. They differ from related anima
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Nauplius of an unidentified prawn from the family Penaeidae
A juvenile Litopenaeus vannamei (whiteleg prawn)
Prawn
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Prawn is a common name for small aquatic crustaceans with an exoskeleton and ten legs, some of which are edible.
Dendrobranchiata
…Dendrobranchiata is a suborder of decapods, commonly known as prawns (though this may be ambiguous). There are 540 extant species in seven families, and a fossil record extending back to the Devonian. They differ from related animals, such as Caridea…
The giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon) is an important species for aquaculture.
A bigclaw river shrimp from the Neotropics. Prawns are sometimes stated to be "large shrimp" or alternatively "freshwater shrimp", but this large-bodied, freshwater crustacean is a caridean shrimp, and is rarely referred to as a prawn.
Prawns for sale in a fish market of Kolkata