Prawns are edible crustaceans, belonging to the sub-order Dendrobranchiata. Prawns have all the abdominal side plates overlapping tile-like from the front.

Scientific Name : Penaeus sp.

Systematic Position:
Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Arthropoda
Subphylum : Crustacea
Class : Malacostraca
Order : Decapoda
Suborder : Dendrobranchiata
Superfamily : Penaeoidea
Family : Penaeidae
Genus : Penaeus

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