An order of CRUSTACEA comprised of shrimp-like organisms containing body trunks with at least 20 segments. The are commonly used as aquarium food.

Annotation

note entry term FAIRY SHRIMP: several other shrimp terms are available; check text and MeSH; as animal and food; as food, coord IM with SHELLFISH (IM); unspecified shrimp as food is probably PENAEIDAE

DUI

D033202 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0402151

Previous indexing

Crustacea (1968-2002)

History note

2003

Public note

2003