[3] During the day, they remain buried in the sand to escape predatory birds and fish, with only their antennae protruding.

Crangon is classified in the family Crangonidae, and shares the family's characteristic subchelate first pereiopods (where the movable finger closes onto a short projection, rather than a similarly sized fixed finger) and short rostrum.

[5] Despite its wide range, however, little gene flow occurs across certain natural barriers, such as the Strait of Gibraltar or the Bosphorus.

[8] Historically, the commercial fishery was accomplished by horse-drawn beam trawls on both sides of the Dover straits.

[10] In the sandy shallows of Morecambe Bay (Lancashire, UK) horses have been replaced by tractors.

[15] The consumption of brown shrimp is popular in Belgium, the Netherlands, northern Germany, and Denmark.

It is the basis of the dish tomate-crevettes, where the shrimp are mixed with mayonnaise and fresh parsley, and served in a hollowed-out uncooked tomato.

Freshly cooked, unpeeled brown shrimp are often served as a snack accompanying beer, typically a sour ale or Flemish red such as Rodenbach.