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Pleocyemata is the sister taxon to Dendrobranchiata and contains all the true shrimp, crabs, and lobsters.

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True shrimp comprise an infraorder with the subphylum Crustacea, a group of arthropods (phylum Arthropoda) that includes the familiar crabs, lobsters, barnacles, copepods, krill, water fleas, and crayfish.

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A number of more or less unrelated crustaceans share the word "shrimp" in their common name.

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Preparing shrimp for consumption usually involves removing the shell, tail, and "sand vein."

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Colossal shrimp and jumbo shrimp are commonly called prawns in the United States, despite being of different taxa (Herbst 2001).

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A shrimp-based meal is also a significant source of cholesterol, from seven mg to 251 mg per 100 g of shrimp, depending on the method of preparation (DFF 2006).

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Shuai Jiao, a wrestling style originating in China, is arguably the most ancient of all Chinese martial arts, with a reported history of over 4,000 years.

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Shrimp are adapted for swimming, using their swimmerets to move forward or moving rapidly backward by flexing their abdomen and fan-like tail.

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The body of shrimp is compressed from side to side and the antennae and legs are long.

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Removing the "vein" (a euphemism for the digestive tract) can be referred to as "deveining," though in fact shrimp do not have any real veins; they have an open circulatory system.

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True shrimp are placed within the infraorder Caridea, within Decapoda and Malacostraca.

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Freshwater shrimp commonly available for aquaria include the Japanese marsh shrimp (Caridina multidentata , also called "Amano shrimp," as their use in aquaria was pioneered by Takashi Amano), and ghost or glass shrimp (Palaemonetes spp.).

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Prawns are distinguished from the superficially similar shrimp by the gill structure ,which is branching in prawns (hence the name, dendro meaning "tree," and branchia meaning "gill"), but is lamellar in shrimp.

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Dried shrimp is commonly used as a flavoring and as a soup base in Asian cuisines, while fried shrimp is popular in North America.

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The term “prawn” is also loosely used to describe any large shrimp, especially those that come 15 (or fewer) to the pound (also called “jumbo shrimp”).

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Shrimp tend to have a semitransparent exoskeleton, which like other arthropods, must be molted as the animal grows.

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Shrimp are adapted for swimming, using their swimmerets to move forward or moving rapidly backward by flexing their abdomen and fan-like tail.

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The shrimp is then rinsed under cold running water.

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Shrimp is one of the most popular shellfish, called by Herbst (2001) "America's favorite shellfish."

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Shrimp belong to the largest class of crustaceans, Malacostraca, which includes the largest and most familiar animals, such as crabs, lobsters, shrimp, krill and woodlice.

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Popular saltwater shrimp include the cleaner shrimp Lysmata amboinensis, the fire shrimp (Lysmata debelius) and the Harlequin shrimp (Hymenocera picta).

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Recipes using shrimp form part of the cuisine of many cultures—examples include shrimp kebabs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo, pan fried, deep fried, stir fried.

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Prawns belong to the sub-order Dendrobranchiata, while shrimp are placed in the suborder Pleocyemata (Burkenroad 1963).

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Several types of shrimp are kept in home aquaria.

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To deshell a shrimp, the tail is held while gently removing the shell around the body.

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There's pineapple shrimp and lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich, shrimp fajitas.

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The mantis shrimp and the opossum or mysid shrimp belong to the same class as true shrimp, Malacostraca, but constitute two different orders within it, the Stomatopoda and the Mysidacea.

Though it contains a high level of cholesterol, shrimp contains both omega-3 and omega-6 essential fatty acids important for your brain and immune system health. Shrimp are relatively low in calories -- 60 calories in a 3-ounce serving -- and are packed with important minerals and vitamins.

These 1–10 cm long freshwater or brackish shrimp have no carapace. They swim upside down with their belly uppermost, with swimming appendages that look like leaves. Most fairy shrimp are herbivores, and eat only the algae in the plankton.

Some people believe that shrimps, crabs, and lobsters—all of whom are more closely related to insects than to vertebrate animals—cannot feel pain at all. But recent scientific studies have shown that crustaceans have central nervous systems very much capable of generating the sensation of pain.

Due to their small size and abundance, shrimp are naturally prey to numerous predators around the world both in the water and out. Shrimp are eaten by fish, crustaceans such as crabs, sea urchins, starfish, sea -birds such as puffins, whales, dolphins, sharks and humans and many other animal species as well.Jan 9, 2017

Young shrimp in the larval stage are tiny and they float on the top of the water. The shrimp have little in the way of locomotion and are very small, so they eat other small things that are floating with them, mainly algae and plankton. The only difference between the diet of wild and farmed shrimp is plankton.Apr 24, 2017

They enjoy feeding on some forms of soft algae. In addition to aquarium algae, Amano Shrimp feeding can include food sources that occur naturally in a planted tank. Live aquarium plants continuously shed edible matter. Caridina Multidentata will eat the dead plant matter that would otherwise accumulate on the bottom.Feb 25, 2015

Octopuses eat many kinds of sea creatures. They prey on crabs, crayfish, and mollusks. They also eat shrimp and small fish. To find food, an octopus reaches in between rocks with the tips of its arms.

Squid mainly eat crustaceans, crab, shrimp, orange roughy, hokie, oysters, lantern fish, and other small fish. They are known to be cannibals. They often prey on other smaller squid for food, although only in extreme situations.

The Bubba Gump Shrimp Company Restaurant and Market is an American seafood restaurant chain inspired by the 1994 film Forrest Gump. ... The first Bubba Gump restaurant opened in 1996 in Monterey, California by Rusty Pelican Restaurants in partnership with Viacom.