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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