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Dendrobranchiata
	Litopenaeus vannamei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Arthropoda;
Subphylum:	Crustacea;
Class:	Malacostraca;
Order:	Decapoda;
Suborder:	Dendrobranchiata; Bate, 1888
Superfamilies and families
	Penaeoidea Aristeidae Benthesicymidae Penaeidae Sicyoniidae Solenoceridae Sergestoidea Luciferidae Sergestidae

For other uses, see Prawn (disambiguation).

Prawns are decapods, belonging to the sub-order Dendrobranchiata ^[1]. They are similar in appearance to shrimp, but can be distinguished by the gill structure which is branching in prawns (hence the name, dendro=“tree”; branchia=“gill”), but is lamellar in shrimp. The sister taxon to Dendrobranchiata is Pleocyemata, which contains all the true shrimp, crabs, lobsters, etc.

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In various forms of English, the name “prawn” is often applied to shrimp as well, generally the larger species, such as Leander serratus. In the United States, according to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, the word "prawn" usually indicates a freshwater shrimp or prawn.

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^ Burkenroad, M. D. (1963). "The evolution of the Eucarida (Crustacea, Eumalacostraca), in relation to the fossil record". Tulane Studies in Geology 2 (1): 1–17.

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[0] Burkenroad, M. D. (1963). "The evolution of the Eucarida (Crustacea, Eumalacostraca), in relation to the fossil record". Tulane Studies in Geology 2 (1): 1–17.

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