We consider the doubly supersymmetric formulation of various p-branes,
that is, we replace the worldsurface of a super p-brane by a super wo
rldsurface and consider the embedding of the latter into a target supe
rspace. The number of worldsurface fermionic coordinates is taken to b
e half as many as those of the target superspace. We show that a simpl
e geometrical constraint and its integrability condition lead to manif
estly worldsurface supersymmetric field equations for a large class of
super p-branes. We illustrate this procedure in some detail in the ca
se of the D = 11 superfivebrane. We also describe a class of super p-b
ranes in which a worldsurface linear supermultiplet arises. In some ca
ses we show that an additional constraint involving the curvature of a
n appropriate worldsurface antisymmetric tensor potential is needed to
put the theory on-shell.