Alphaabyssovirus | |
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Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Pisuviricota |
Class: | Pisoniviricetes |
Order: | Nidovirales |
Suborder: | Abnidovirineae |
Family: | Abyssoviridae |
Subfamily: | Tiamatvirinae |
Genus: | Alphaabyssovirus |
Subgenus and species[1] | |
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Alphaabyssovirus is a genus of positive-strand RNA viruses in the order Nidovirales which infect sea hares.[2] The genus is monotypic. It contains only the subgenus Aplyccavirus, which contains only one species, Aplysia abyssovirus 1.[1] Alphaabyssovirus is also the only member of the subfamily Tiamatvirinae, which in turn is the only member of family Abyssoviridae, which likewise is the only member of the Abnidovirineae suborder.[1] Aplysia abyssovirus 1 was first isolated from a sample from a California sea hare (Aplysia californica).[2]