Shrimp (disambiguation)

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Shrimp sometimes called prawn, are stalk-eyed swimming crustaceans with long skinny muscular tails, long whiskers, and slender legs.

Shrimp can also refer to:

Crustaceans

• Mantis shrimp, a crustacean of order Stomatopoda within class Malacostraca
• Opossum shrimp, 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 shrimp, a crustacean of order Anostraca within class Branchiopoda
• Brine shrimp or sea monkey, another crustacean of order Anostraca within class Branchiopoda
• Clam shrimp, 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

• Shrimp (food)
• The Shrimp, children's novel by Emily Smith
• "The Shrimp", otherwise known as Jean Shrimpton, English former supermodel
• The SHRIMP material analysis instrument, an abbreviation of sensitive high resolution ion microprobe
• USS Shrimp (SP-645), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918
• "Shrimp", the name of the device detonated in the Castle Bravo nuclear test
• Shrimp, term for an escape in grappling where one mimics the locomotion of the crustacean
• Shrimp (confectionery), a British soft gelatin based sweet in the shape of a shrimp
• Shrimps (fashion label), a British fashion label, started by Hannah Weiland in 2013