Question: what is the difference between king prawn and shrimp?
Answer: Shrimp possess lamellar, plate-like gills and a set of claws on their front two pairs of legs. Prawns, in comparison, have branching gills, and claws on three sets of their legs, with the front pair being noticeably larger. ... Prawns, lacking such body segmentation, have straighter bodies than shrimp.