Herpesvirales

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin herpes + -virales.

Proper noun

Herpesvirales

1. A taxonomic order within the class Herviviricetes – viruses having a capsid structure that consists of a DNA core surrounded by an icosahedral capsid consisting of 12 pentavalent and 150 hexavalent capsomeres.

Hypernyms

• (order): Virus - kingdom; double-stranded DNA viruses (dsDNA, Group 1) - Baltimore virus classification
  • Duplodnaviria - realm; Heunggongvirae - kingdom; Peploviricota - phylum; Herviviricetes - class - ICTV 2019

Hyponyms

• (order): Alloherpesviridae, Herpesviridae, Malacoherpesviridae - families

References

• Herpesvirales on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Herpesvirales on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Herpesvirales on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Herpesvirales at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Herpesvirales at the Catalogue of Life 
• Herpesvirales in taxon history at International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses