Merimadu

Merimadu (Hydrophis) on maoperekond.^[1]

Merimadu
Taksonoomia
Riik	Loomad Animalia
Hõimkond	Keelikloomad Chordata
Klass	Roomajad Reptilia
Alamklass	Soomussisalikud Lepidosauria
Selts	Soomuselised Squamata
Alamselts	Maolised Serpentes
Infraselts	Alethinophidia
Sugukond	Mürknastiklased Elapidae
Alamsugukond	Merimadulased Hydrophiinae
Perekond	Merimadu Hydrophis Latreille in Sonnini & Latreille, 1801
Sünonüümid
Pelamis Daudin, 1803 Disteira Lacépède, 1804 Leioselasma Lacépède, 1804 Microcephalophis Lesson, 1832 Lapemis Gray, 1835 Chitulia Gray, 1849 Enhydrina Gray, 1849 Kerilia Gray, 1849 Acalyptophis Boulenger, 1896 Polyodontognathus Wall, 1921 Praescutata Wall, 1921

Klassifikatsioon

Merimadude perekonda klassifitseeritakse roomajate andmebaasis järgmised maoliigid^[2]:

• Hydrophis atriceps Günther, 1864
• Hydrophis belcheri (Gray, 1849)
• Hydrophis bituberculatus (Peters, 1872)
• Hydrophis brooki Günther, 1872
• Hydrophis caerulescens (Shaw, 1802)
• Hydrophis cantoris (Günther, 1864)
• Hydrophis coggeri Kharin, 1984
• Hydrophis curtus (Shaw, 1802)
• Hydrophis cyanocinctus (Daudin, 1803) – vöödiline merimadu
• Hydrophis czeblukovi Kharin, 1984
• Hydrophis donaldi Ukuwela, Sanders & Fry, 2012
• Hydrophis elegans (Gray, 1842) – elegantne merimadu
• Hydrophis fasciatus (Schneider, 1799)
• Hydrophis gracilis (Shaw, 1802)
• Hydrophis hardwickii Gray, 1834
• Hydrophis hendersoni (Boulenger, 1903)
• Hydrophis inornatus Gray, 1849
• Hydrophis jerdonii Gray, 1849
• Hydrophis kingii (Boulenger, 1896)
• Hydrophis klossi Boulenger, 1912
• Hydrophis laboutei (Rasmussen & Ineich, 2000)
• Hydrophis lamberti (Smith, 1917)
• Hydrophis lapemoides (Gray, 1849)
• Hydrophis macdowelli Kharin, 1983
• Hydrophis major (Shaw, 1802)
• Hydrophis mamillaris (Daudin, 1803)
• Hydrophis melanocephalus (Gray, 1849)
• Hydrophis melanosoma Günther, 1864
• Hydrophis nigrocinctus (Daudin, 1803)
• Hydrophis obscurus Daudin, 1803
• Hydrophis ornatus (Gray, 1842)
• Hydrophis pachycercos Fischer, 1855
• Hydrophis pacificus (Boulenger, 1896)
• Hydrophis parviceps Smith, 1935
• Hydrophis peronii (Duméril, 1853)
• Hydrophis platurus (Linnaeus, 1766)
• Hydrophis schistosus (Daudin, 1803)
• Hydrophis semperi (Garman, 1881) – luzoni merimadu
• Hydrophis sibauensis (Rasmussen, Auliya & Böhme, 2001)
• Hydrophis spiralis (Shaw, 1802) – spiraalne merimadu
• Hydrophis stokesii (Gray, 1846)
• Hydrophis stricticollis (Günther, 1864)
• Hydrophis torquatus (Günther, 1864)
• Hydrophis viperinus (Schmidt, 1852)
• Hydrophis vorisi Kharin, 1984
• Hydrophis zweifeli Kharin, 1985.