Merimadu Merimadu 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
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
Merimadu (Hydrophis ) on mao perekond .
Klassifikatsioon
Merimadude perekonda klassifitseeritakse roomajate andmebaasis järgmised mao liigid :
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 .Selles artiklis on kasutatud prantsuskeelset artiklit fr:Hydrophis seisuga 26.11.2013.