綿蟹派(学名:Dromiacea)是十足目短尾下目下的一個節,包含240種現存的和約300已滅絕的蟹[1]。綿蟹派和綿蟹亞派、圓關公蟹派被認為來自同一個單系群,但是形態學研究得出了相反的结论。[1]
綿蟹派的化石記錄最少可以追溯到侏羅紀,[2]如果Imocaris被確實為該節的成員,那麼其歷史便可以追溯到石炭紀。[3]
現屬十足目歪尾派的亞科Eocarcinoidea以及其中的兩個属(Eocarcinus和Platykotta)最初也是被劃分在綿蟹派下的。[4]
- ^ 1.0 1.1 de Grave, Sammy; Pentcheff, N. Dean; Ahyong, Shane T.; et al. A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 2009,. Suppl. 21: 1–109 [2013-04-12]. (原始内容存档 (PDF)于2011-06-06) (英语).
- ^ J. W. Wägele. On the influence of fishes on the evolution of benthic crustaceans. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research: 297–309. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.1989.tb00352.x.
- ^ Frederick Schram & Royal Mapes. Imocaris tuberculata, n. gen., n. sp. (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the upper Mississippian Imo Formation, Arkansas. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 1984, 20 (11): 165–168.
- ^ Jérôme Chablais, Rodney M. Feldmann & Carrie E. Schweitzer. A new Triassic decapod, Platykotta akaina, from the Arabian shelf of the northern United Arab Emirates: earliest occurrence of the Anomura (PDF). Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 2011, 85: 93–102 [2013-04-12]. doi:10.1007/s12542-010-0080-y. (原始内容存档 (PDF)于2017-07-03).