In a way, yes. Shrimps are crustaceans. According to the anatomy of a shrimp, its heart is located on its thorax just at the bottom of its head. Since the head and the thorax, which is the chest, are fused together, a shrimp’s thorax looks like a part of its head.
It’s much safer to protect their internal organ. Also, the shrimp’s heart, located in its head, has three pairs of heart entrances. Through these entrances, blood comes to the heart. The arteries extend for many directions.
There is often confusion regarding the difference between a shrimp and a prawn. Physically, they look very similar but there is one sure way to tell them apart. In shrimps, the side plate of the second segment of the abdomen overlaps the segments in front and behind.
But, on the other hand, prawns have all the abdominal side plates overlapping tile-like from the front.
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