iridoviruses
Iridoviridae
Iridoviridae is a family of viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes. Amphibia, fish, invertebrates, lepidoptera, and orthoptera insects serve as natural hosts. There are currently 12 species in this family, divided among two subfamilies and 5 genera. The name is derived from Iris the Greek goddess of the rainbow. This name was chosen because of the "rainbow-like" iridescence observed in heavily infected insects and pelleted samples of invertebrate iridoviruses.
2 branches of this family, most-observed first
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Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 460463.