Cafeteria roenbergensis virus

Rheavirus sinusmexicani
The giant virus CroV with its virophage Mavirus at the lower left
Virus classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Varidnaviria
Kingdom: Bamfordvirae
Phylum: Nucleocytoviricota
Class: Megaviricetes
Order: Imitervirales
Family: Mimiviridae
Subfamily: Aliimimivirinae
Genus: Rheavirus
Species:
Rheavirus sinusmexicani

Cafeteria roenbergensis virus (CroV), scientific name Rheavirus sinusmexicani, is a giant virus that infects the marine bicosoecid flagellate Cafeteria roenbergensis, a member of the microzooplankton community.