Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Myriaviridae; Proposal: 2020.026M.R.Jingchuvirales; : ; ICTV Report: Myriaviridae; Reference:

from the Greek μύριοι (mýrioi), meaning "myriad", a now obsolete decimal metric prefix denoting a factor of 10⁴ (ten thousand), referring to the myriapod arthropod (millipedes and centipedes) hosts of some viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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