Xuyi Green Shrimp

Xuyi Green Shrimp

Xuyi Green Shrimp is a geographical indication certification trademark.

　　Xuyi Green Shrimp

　　Xuyi County Agricultural and Sideline Products Marketing Association

　　Green shrimp (Macrobrachium nipponense), taxonomically classified under the phylum Arthropoda, class Crustacea, order Decapoda, suborder Natantia, family Palaemonidae, and genus Macrobrachium. Also known as river shrimp, it is one of the widely distributed species within the genus Macrobrachium in China. As a purely freshwater shrimp, it is found almost all over the country, with those from Baiyangdian in Hebei Province and Taihu Lake area in Jiangsu Province being the most renowned.