title: Pimascovirales
text: # Pimascovirales
  
  Pimascovirales is an order of viruses. The term is a portmanteau of a portmanteau of pitho-, irido-, marseille-, and ascoviruses.
  
  ## Families
  
  The following families are recognized:
  
  * Ascoviridae
  * Iridoviridae
  * Marseilleviridae
  