rock shrimp
Hard-shelled seafood morsel
Rock shrimp are small crustaceans with unusually hard shells, named for their rock-like exterior.
Native to warm Atlantic waters, they have sweet, lobster-like flesh that made them a culinary discovery once technology enabled efficient shelling.
The tail meat is typically sold peeled: rock shrimp tacos, fried rock shrimp.
- fisheriesFish-harvesting operations
- wild caughtFrom natural waters
- decapodTen-appendaged arthropod or cephalopod
- crustaceanAquatic arthropod with exoskeleton
- seafoodMarine creatures as cuisine
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