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Here's the link for the curious: https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/292192
Sounds like they tried to link that class’s lineage to an echidna, but gave up.
“echi(n)” means spiny or prickly, so echinacea, echidna, and echinoidea are all prickly