Louisella

Louisella Temporal range: Middle Cambrian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Retouched images from Walcott's description of Miskoia, now synonymized with Louisella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Stem group:	Priapulida (?)
Class:	†Archaeopriapulida
Family:	Miskoiidae Walcott, 1911
Genus:	Louisella Walcott, 1911
Species
L. pedunculata Walcott, 1911

Louisella is a genus of priapulid worm known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. It was originally described by Charles Walcott in 1911 as a holothurian enchinoderm, and represents a senior synonym of Miskoia, which was originally described as an annelid. 48 specimens of Louisella are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise < 0.1% of the community. It has palaeoscolecid-like sclerites.