Editing Dendrobranchiata (section)

==Economic importance==
[[File:Marsupenaeus japonicus.jpg|thumb|''[[Marsupenaeus japonicus]]'' (Kuruma prawn) in an [[aquaculture]] facility in [[Taiwan]]]]
Dendrobranchiata are of huge economic importance. While in some countries, such as the [[United States]], production is almost entirely through [[shrimp fishery|fisheries]], other countries have concentrated on [[aquaculture]] ([[shrimp farm]]s), including [[Ecuador]] where 95% of production is [[shrimp farm|farmed]]; some countries produce similar amounts from fisheries and aquaculture, including [[Mexico]], [[China]], [[India]] and [[Indonesia]].<ref name="TM136">[[#TavaresMartin2010|Tavares & Martin, 2010]], p. 136</ref>

Species from the family [[Aristeidae]] are important to deep-water fisheries, particularly in the [[Mediterranean Sea]], where ''[[Aristaeomorpha foliacea]]'' is caught by trawlers.<ref name="TM136"/> In [[Brazil]], ''Aristaeomorpha foliacea'', ''[[Aristaeopsis edwardsiana]]'' and ''[[Aristeus antillensis]]'' are of commercial importance.<ref name="TM136"/> The shallow-water [[Penaeidae]] are of greater importance, however, and the most important species for fisheries is ''[[Fenneropenaeus chinensis]]'', with a catch in 2005 of over 100,000 tons.<ref name="TM137" />

The most important species for [[aquaculture]] are ''[[Marsupenaeus japonicus]]'' (Kuruma prawn), ''Fenneropenaeus chinensis'' (Chinese prawn), ''[[Penaeus monodon]]'' (giant tiger prawn) and ''[[Litopenaeus vannamei]]'' (whiteleg prawn).<ref name="TM137"/>