History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Monodnaviria Proposal: 2019.005G.zip  ICTV Report:  Reference:  

from the Greek μόνος (mónos), meaning "single", and DNA fror deoxyribonucleic acid, referring to the  single-stranded DNA genome of viruses in the realm; the suffix -viria for realm taxa