Family: Krittikaviridae

Genus: Velanvirus

Distinguishing features

There is only one genus in the family.

Demarcation criteria for taxa within the genus

There is only one species in the genus. Viruses belonging to additional species would be expected to have a genome sequence identity of <95% to the existing species, consistent with the demarcation criterion of other archaeal viruses within the class Caudoviricetes (Liu et al., 2021).