The term sea
shrimp, in Thai called
kung thalae, refers to
various species of small marine crustaceans that belong to the order
Decapoda. They are harvested worldwide for human consumption. A commonly farmed
species of sea shrimp in Thailand is the Pacific White Shrimp, a species with
the binomial name Litopenaeus vannamei and also commonly known as Whiteleg
Shrimp and King Prawn.
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