Funisia is a genus of animal containing the single species F. dorothea.

It is an extinct animal from the Ediacaran biota, discovered in South Australia in 2008 by Mary L. Droser and James G. Gehling.

Funisia, a sedentary animal resembling an upright worm,[1] stood about 0.3 m (1 ft 0 in) tall.

[3] Although the evolution of sex took place before the origin of animals, and evidence of sexual reproduction is observed in red algae 1,200 million years ago,[5] Funisia is one of the oldest known animals for which there is evidence of sexual reproduction.

[1] The generic name Funisia is after the Latin "rope", and is pronounced to rhyme with Tunisia.