History of the taxon:
Etymology of the name:
Taxon: Megabirnaviridae Proposal: 2010.002a-gF.A.v1.Megabirnaviridae.zip ICTV Report: Megabirnaviridae Reference:
from the Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas), meaning “great", and Birnaviridae, referring to the size of the bisegmented dsRNA genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa