Wiwaxia corrugata was a soft-bodied, prehistoric marine organism from the Cambrian period, characterized by its unique armature of scales and spines. It had a bilaterally symmetrical body covered in mineralized sclerites and movable spines for defense, inhabiting the sea floor and feeding on microbial mats.

Wiwaxia corrugata is an extinct species known from fossil records primarily found in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada. This region was part of the ancient Cambrian seas approximately 508 million years ago.

During the Cambrian period, the region that is now British Columbia was covered by a shallow marine environment with warm, tropical conditions. The sea floor consisted of muddy sediments where Wiwaxia corrugata would have lived.

Wiwaxia corrugata occupied a benthic niche, meaning it lived on or near the sea floor. It is believed to have been a slow-moving, detritus-feeding organism, possibly grazing on microbial mats or organic debris within the sediment.