Editing Dendrobranchiata (section)

{{Short description|Suborder of prawns}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Famennian|Recent}}
| image = Shrimp body.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Penaeus monodon]]''
| display_parents = 2
| taxon = Dendrobranchiata
| authority = [[Charles Spence Bate|Bate]], 1888
| subdivision_ranks = Superfamilies and families
| subdivision_ref = <ref name="Grave"/>
| subdivision =
[[Penaeoidea]]
:[[Aciculopoda|Aciculopodidae]] †
:[[Aegeridae]] †
:[[Aristeidae]]
:[[Benthesicymidae]]
:[[Carpopenaeus|Carpopenaeidae]] †
:[[Penaeidae]]
:[[Sicyonia|Sicyoniidae]]
:[[Solenoceridae]]
[[Sergestoidea]]
:[[Luciferidae]]
:[[Sergestidae]]
| synonyms = Penaeidea <small>Dana, 1852</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="M&D">[[#MartinDavis2001|Martin & Davis, 2001]]</ref>
}}

'''Dendrobranchiata''' is a suborder of [[Decapoda|decapods]], commonly known as '''prawns'''. There are 540 extant species in seven families, and a [[fossil record]] extending back to the [[Devonian]]. They differ from related animals, such as [[Caridea]] and [[Stenopodidea]], by the branching form of the [[gill]]s and by the fact that they do not brood their eggs, but release them directly into the water. They may reach a length of over {{convert|330|mm}} and a mass of {{convert|450|g|lb|1}}, and are widely [[shrimp fishery|fished]] and [[shrimp farm|farmed]] for human consumption.