History of the taxon:
Etymology of the name:
Taxon: Portogloboviridae; Proposal: 2017.002B.A.v2.Portogloboviridae; : ; ICTV Report: Portogloboviridae; Reference:
from the Latin portare, meaning ‘to carry’ and globus, meaning ‘a ball’, referring to the round shape of the nucleoprotein virion core of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa