From a purely scientific naming, there actually is a difference between shrimp and prawns. They're different sub-orders. Prawns are Dendrobranchiata, while shri

From a purely scientific naming, there actually is a difference between shrimp and prawns. They're different sub-orders. Prawns are Dendrobranchiata, while shrimp are Pleocyemata. I'm not sure it makes much culinary difference to me though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrobranchiata https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrobranchiata https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleocyemata https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleocyemata "True Shrimp" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caridea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caridea