Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Malacoherpesviridae; Proposal: 2005.020-72.04.Herpes; : ; ICTV Report: Herpesviridae; Reference:

from the Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós), meaning ‘soft’ and used in zoology to denote molluscs, and the Ancient Greek: ἕρπης (hérpō), which is related to the meaning "to creep", referring to spreading blisters; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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