''Alphaabyssovirus'' is a genus of
positive-strand RNA viruses in the order ''
Nidovirales
''Nidovirales'' is an order of Viral envelope, enveloped, positive-strand RNA viruses which infect vertebrates and invertebrates. Host organisms include mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, arthropods, Mollusca, molluscs, and helminths. Th ...
'' which infect
sea hares.
The genus is
monotypic
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. It contains only the subgenus ''Aplyccavirus'', which contains only one species, ''Alphaabyssovirus aplysiae''.
''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
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.
[ ''Alphaabyssovirus aplysiae'' was first isolated from a sample from a California sea hare ('']Aplysia californica
The California sea hare (''Aplysia californica'') is a species of sea slug in the sea hare family, Aplysiidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2011). Aplysia californica J. G. Cooper, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http:/ ...
'').
References
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Virus genera
Nidovirales