Prawns and shrimps are all encompassed by the order Decapoda. We'll explore a few examples, but first and foremost it should be remembered that 'prawn' and 'shrimp' are for all practical purposes interchangeable in common names of both true shrimps and true prawns taxonomically speaking. Jumboprawn.com is about both and will gleefully call a shrimp a prawn and a prawn a shrimp if it is more common English usage to do so (outside of strict taxonomy).
Shrimp and Prawn Taxonomy
Macrobrachium Taxonomy
CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA [PLEOCYEMATA]: PALAEMONIDAE: MACROBRACHIUM
Let's look at a quick overview of the adjacent taxonomy of one of the true shrimps often termed a Jumbo Prawn (or a freshwater prawn or giant river prawn). Specifically, lets look at…
Macrobrachium Distribution
So where are so called jumbo prawns (really shrimps) of the genus Macrobrachium found? Macrobrachium rosenbergii is indigenous to the tropics and sub-tropics such as Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific as well, but humans have greatly expanded the…
Decapoda Order
Within the order Decapoda are quite a few creatures with which we are very familiar and which we often see on the dinner plate.