Despite their name, mantis shrimp are not true shrimp but a type of stomatopod: a relative of crabs and lobsters that has been on Earth for over 400 million years. There are more than 400 ...

Honorable Mention: Peacock Mantis Shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) Although technically not a true shrimp, the colossal mantis shrimp is worth mentioning in a list of ginormous shrimp.

Though this might be true for some ingredients, the truth is that frozen shrimp is, in most cases, a much better option.

Besides these true shrimps there is the ‘pink shrimp’ which, though not a prawn, is prawn-like, and four species of real prawns. Finally, there is Nika edulis, the so-called ‘Risso's shrimp ...

Honorable Mention: Peacock Mantis Shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) Although technically not a true shrimp, the colossal mantis shrimp is worth mentioning in a list of ginormous shrimp. Despite its ...