Scuds and shrimp names are used interchangeably. Laymen often call amphipod scuds as fresh water shrimp. They are definitely different critters with distinctly different body features and habits. Both are crustaceans. Scuds are in the taxonomic order Amphipoda and grass or glass shrimp are in the taxonomic order Decapoda and closely related to and similar to miniture crayfish.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 01/07/15 10:03 AM.
