History of the taxon:
Etymology of the name:
Taxon: Natareviridae; Proposal: 2020.026M.R.Jingchuvirales; : ; ICTV Report: Natareviridae; Reference:
from the Latin natare, meaning “swim" or "float”, possibly because Wēnzhōu crab virus 3 was isolated from Charybdis japonica, the Asian paddle crab, a species of swimming crab; the suffix -viridae for family taxa