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Shrimp > Prawn > Lobster
26 0 ReplyAren't shrimp and prawn already the exact same thing?
Like mountain lions and cougars.
7 0 ReplyShrimp vs prawn is colloquial, not a scientific classification, so it varies from place to place and person to person, and depending on the specific animal we're talking about, but in general
The ones we call shrimp tend to:
- Live in salt water
- Be smaller
- Have curled bodies
- Belong to the sub-order pleocytema
- Have plate-like
girls* gills*
And the ones we call prawns tend to:
- Live in fresh water
- Be larger
- Have straight bodies
- Helong to the sub-order dendrobranghiata
- Have branching
hillsgills
11 0 Replygills?
3 0 ReplyThe organs that aquatic creatures use to breathe
Edit: I see now that autocorrect did me dirty
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