What distinguishes prawns from shrimps?
Frozen prawns and shrimps are two of the most well-known seafood dishes worldwide. The names of the two dishes are also used interchangeably in a few different countries! It’s a fact that they differ significantly from one another from a scientific standpoint.

Firstly, prawns and shrimps are members of the scientific order known as “decapods.” This indicates that each species has ten legs. The difference between them is that they both originate from distinct decapod suborders. Bewildered? Simply put, prawns are members of the pleocyemata suborder, including other seafood species like crabs and lobsters. Conversely, prawns are a member of the dendrobranchiate suborder.

So how can we tell them apart from each other? The first and most crucial distinction is to look at their body types. Shrimps have a sharp bend in their bodies, while prawns are not completely bent. Additionally, prawns and shrimps have very different leg morphologies. Prawns have three pairs of longer, claw-like legs, while shrimp only have one.

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