Shrimp (disambiguation)
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Shrimp
is a crustacean of order Decapoda within class Malacostraca, and a widespread foodstuff.
Shrimp can also refer to:
Crustaceans
Other uses
Shrimp
Shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Adult shrimp are filter feeding benthic animals living close to the bottom. They can live in schools and can swim rapidly backwards. Shrimp are an important...
is a crustacean of order Decapoda within class Malacostraca, and a widespread foodstuff.
Shrimp can also refer to:
Crustaceans
- Mantis shrimpMantis shrimpMantis shrimp or stomatopods are marine crustaceans, the members of the order Stomatopoda. They are neither shrimp nor mantids, but receive their name purely from the physical resemblance to both the terrestrial praying mantis and the shrimp. They may reach in length, although exceptional cases of...
, a crustacean of order Stomatopoda within class Malacostraca - Opossum shrimpOpossum shrimpNeomysis americana is an "extremely common" species of opossum shrimp along the Atlantic coast of North and South America. The species has a disjunct distribution, being present in an area extending from the Saint Lawrence River to Florida, and separately in parts of Argentina...
, crustaceans comprising orders Lophogastrida and Mysida within class Malacostraca - Hooded shrimp, a crustacean of order Cumacea within class Malacostraca
- Seed shrimp, a crustacean of class Ostracoda
- Horseshoe shrimp, a crustacean of class Cephaloracida
- Fairy shrimpFairy shrimpAnostraca is one of the four orders of crustaceans in the class Branchiopoda; its members are also known as fairy shrimp. They are usually long . Most species have 20 body segments, bearing 11 pairs of leaf-like phyllopodia , and the body lacks a carapace...
, a crustacean of order Anostraca within class Branchiopoda - Brine shrimpBrine shrimpArtemia is a genus of aquatic crustaceans known as brine shrimp. Artemia, the only genus in the family Artemiidae, has changed little externally since the Triassic period...
or sea monkey, another crustacean of order Anostraca within class Branchiopoda - Clam shrimpClam shrimpClam shrimp are a taxon of bivalved branchiopod crustaceans that resemble the unrelated bivalved molluscs. They are extant, and known from the fossil record, from at least the Devonian period and perhaps before...
, crustaceans comprising orders Cyclestherida, Laevicaudata and Spinicaudata within class Branchiopoda - Tadpole shrimp or shield shrimp, a crustacean of order Notostraca within class Branchiopoda
Other uses
- The ShrimpThe ShrimpThe Shrimp is a children's novel by Emily Smith. It won the 2001 Gold Award in 6–8 years category of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. It is a part of the Young Corgi series.-Characters:*Ben Shrimpton: Ben is a shy boy who likes to collect shells...
, children's novel by Emily Smith - "The Shrimp", otherwise known as Jean ShrimptonJean ShrimptonJean Rosemary Shrimpton is an English model and actress. She was an icon of Swinging London and is considered to be one of the world's first supermodels....
, English former supermodel - The SHRIMP material analysis instrument, an abbreviation of sensitive high resolution ion microprobe, a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918
- "Shrimp", the name of the device detonated in the Castle BravoCastle BravoCastle Bravo was the code name given to the first U.S. test of a dry fuel thermonuclear hydrogen bomb device, detonated on March 1, 1954 at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, as the first test of Operation Castle. Castle Bravo was the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the United States ,...
nuclear test - Shrimp, term for an escape in grappling where one mimics the locomotion of the crustacean