Cruliviridae

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Cruliviridae
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(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Bunyaviricetes
Order: Elliovirales
Family: Cruliviridae
Genus:Lincruvirus

Cruliviridae is a family of virus in the class of Bunyaviricetes . Unlike other families in the class, this family is unique in the sense that it is only used to contain crustacean-infecting bunyaviruses. [1]

Taxonomy

There have been numerous bunya-like viruses proposed to infect crustaceans such as Crab Haemocytic virus, Roscoff virus, and Mourilyan virus. [1] [2] The family Cruliviridae contains one genus, Lincruvirus, which contains the following species: [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bojko, Jamie; Subramaniam, Kuttichantran; Waltzek, Thomas B.; Stentiford, Grant D.; Behringer, Donald C. (2019-09-10). "Genomic and developmental characterisation of a novel bunyavirus infecting the crustacean Carcinus maenas". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 12957. Bibcode:2019NatSR...912957B. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-49260-4. ISSN   2045-2322. PMC   6736955 . PMID   31506463.
  2. Kuhn, Jens H.; Adkins, Scott; Agwanda, Bernard R.; Al Kubrusli, Rim; Alkhovsky, Sergey V.; Amarasinghe, Gaya K.; Avšič-Županc, Tatjana; Ayllón, María A.; Bahl, Justin; Balkema-Buschmann, Anne; Ballinger, Matthew J. (2021-12-01). "2021 Taxonomic update of phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales". Archives of Virology. 166 (12): 3513–3566. doi:10.1007/s00705-021-05143-6. ISSN   1432-8798. PMC   8627462 . PMID   34463877.
  3. "Virus Taxonomy: 2024 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 17 March 2025.