History of the taxon:
Etymology of the name:
Taxon: Mesoniviridae; Proposal: 2017.015S.A.v1.Nidovirales; : ; ICTV Report: ; Reference:
from the Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos), meaning "middle", and Nidovirales, referring to the genome size of viruses in the family, relative to other nidoviruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa