Burgessochaeta

Canadia setigera Walcott, 1911 Burgessochaeta is an extinct genus of polychaete annelids from the Middle Cambrian.

Its fossils have been found in the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada.

A total of 189 specimens of Burgessochaeta are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.36% of the community.

The body grew slightly wider towards the posterior end of the animal.

Specimens have been found from both continental slope and deep-water environments, indicating that this was a widespread animal.