How prawn swim move in water?

Answer 1

Prawns swim or move in water , backwards . They do this by curling their tail under their body in rapid jerks , which propels them through the water , backwards . Other shellfish similar to Prawns , like Krill , Shrimp , Crayfish , move , or swim the same way.

Answer 2

Prawns swim by moving the legs in the body segments behind their thorax. These legs are called pleopods or 'swimmerets' and prawns and shrimp can swim forwards or backwards easily by moving them in the water.

Prawns and shrimp can also mov e by a motion called 'lobstering' where they flick their tails and use the 'uropods' and 'telson' at the last body segment as a big paddle in the water to move very very rapidly backwards.

See: http://jumboprawn.com for pictures of all the prawn legs and body segments.

Answer 3

Prawns generally prefer to walk on the bottom of their habitats. They don't really "swim" as we think of it, but use a swift contraction or two of their tails to propel themselves backwards very quickly to escape danger.