Shrimp are edible crustaceans, belonging to infraorder Caridea. In shrimps the side plate of the second segment of the abdomen overlaps the segments in front and behind.

Systematic Position:
Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Arthropoda
Subphylum : Crustacea
Class : Malacostraca
Order : Decapoda
Suborder : Pleocyemata
Infraorder : Caridea

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