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- Most shrimp such as Lysmata amboinensis live in fairly shallow waters and use their "walking legs" to perch on the sea bottom. (en)
- The Caridina cantonensis tiger shrimp is transparent with black stripes. (en)
- Double-rigged shrimp trawler with one net up and the other being brought aboard (en)
- The popular Caridina cantonensis crystal red bee shrimp has broad red and white stripes. (en)
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16px Red Cherry Shrimp – YouTube (en)
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16px Shrimp Aquarium – YouTube (en)
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16px Skeleton shrimp – YouTube (en)
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16px Triops – YouTube (en)
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16px Window Washing Shrimp – YouTube (en)
- Some branchiopods, like this brine shrimp, have eggs which survive prolonged drought conditions.
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16px Branchiopod shrimp – YouTube (en)
- Skeleton shrimp have threadlike slender bodies (en)
- Tadpole shrimp can have up to 120 swimming legs (en)
- Tanks in a shrimp hatchery (en)
- Traditional shrimper with a shrimp net (en)
- The Shrimp Girl by William Hogarth, circa 1740–1745, balances on her head a large basket of shrimp and mussels, which she is selling on the streets of London (en)
- Commercial production of shrimps in million tonnes as reported by the FAO, 1950–2009 (en)
- Other shrimp, like these cherry shrimp, perch on plant leaves (en)
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16px Pistol Shrimp sonic weapon – BBC: Weird Nature (en)
- The Caridina cantonensis snow white shrimp is a white freshwater shrimp. (en)
- The delicate, transparent Pederson's shrimp lives with anemone hosts, and cleans parasites from fish.
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16px Scorpion Fish being cleaned by Pederson Shrimp – YouTube (en)
- Pistol shrimp stun prey with "sonic booms", producing some of the loudest sounds in the ocean. (en)
- The blind tiger pistol shrimp can partner with a yellow watchman goby. The shrimp maintains a burrow for the pair and the goby is the lookout.
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16px Living Together: Shrimp and Fish BBC: Trials of Life (en)
- Some mantis shrimp knock prey out with powerful punches, and can crack a clam open.
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16px Mantis Shrimp Destroys Clam – YouTube (en)
- The "Neocaridina zhanghjiajiensis var. blue" pearl shrimp is closely related to the cherry shrimp. (en)
- The "Neocaridina heteropoda var. red" cherry shrimp is particularly easy to keep and breed. (en)
- This small Periclimenes imperator emperor shrimp is perched on a sea cucumber with which it has a symbiotic relationship.
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16px Emperor shrimp feeds while sea cucumber spawns YouTube (en)
- Some shrimp live in deep and dark waters, such as this Heterocarpus ensifer. (en)
- The whiteleg shrimp has become the preferred species for shrimp farming. (en)
- The Caridina cantonensis red tiger shrimp is transparent with red stripes and is found in southern China. (en)
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- A particularly significant family in this suborder is the Penaeidae, often referred to as penaeid shrimp or penaeid prawn. Most commercially important species are in this family. [[#Commercial species (en)
- A shrimp seems to be almost any crustacean that isn't a lobster, barnacle, or crab (en)
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From Raymond Bauer in Remarkable Shrimps:
* Shrimp is characteristically used to refer to those crustaceans with long antennae, slender legs, and a laterally compressed, muscular abdomen that is highly adapted for both forward swimming and a backward escape response.
* Prawn is often used as a synonym of shrimp for penaeoidean and caridean shrimp, especially those of large size.
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From the English Oxford Dictionaries:
* Shrimp: a small free-swimming crustacean with an elongated body, typically marine and frequently of commercial importance as food.
* Prawn: a marine crustacean which resembles a large shrimp. (en)
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