Coccolithovirus

Coccolithovirus
	Giant coccolithovirus, Emiliania huxleyi virus 86 (arrowed), infecting an Emiliania huxleyi coccolithophore
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Varidnaviria
Kingdom:	Bamfordvirae
Phylum:	Nucleocytoviricota
Class:	Megaviricetes
Order:	Algavirales
Family:	Phycodnaviridae
Genus:	Coccolithovirus
Strains
	Emiliania huxleyi virus 86; EhV-84 (1999 EC); EhV-88 (1999 EC); EhV-201 (2001 EC); EhV-202 (2001 EC); EhV-203 (2001 EC); EhV-207 (2001 EC); EhV-208 (2001 EC); EhV-18 (2008 EC); EhV-156 (2009 EC); EhV-164 (2008 Scotland); EhV-145 (2008 Scotland); EhV-99B1 (1999 Norway); EhV-163 (2000 Norway);

Coccolithovirus is a genus of giant double-stranded DNA virus, in the family Phycodnaviridae. Algae, specifically Emiliania huxleyi, a species of coccolithophore, serve as natural hosts. There is only one described species in this genus: Emiliania huxleyi virus 86 (Coccolithovirus huxleyi).