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A green chiton attached to a half crab. We observed this alien looking commensal beast while undertaking an intertidal survey on the reefs off Hawera. It made us jump when we first turned over the rock.

my 777th observation has to be real special!
and this will be the oldest observation I'll submit on this profile
the only one taken before I started using iNat because it's just too special for me
learnt about it a few weeks before this and went to dairy farm
low and behold I saw this in the bushes!
feel so blessed and lucky that I recognised it
cg and aravindh were there with me too so they have pics as well

Growing on sandy soil in full sun. Abundant along a short stretch of coastline.

Prostrate or straggling habit; 7- or 9-foliate leaves; tiny pea flowers under 1 cm long; hairy stems, leaflets, calyx, corolla & legumes; pods with ~8-9 seeds and a prominent curved hook

Computer vision suggested genus Tephrosia for many of these photos. Very intrigued

I came across a post with a similar-looking species, Cissus aristata, with a native range in China to Tropical Asia (including Malaysia, but not SG), and North Queensland (where it is classified as locally vulnerable there).

https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/v/vitaceae/cissus/cissus-aristata

Here is the post where a similar-looking plant was identified as C. aristata.

If C. aristata is the correct ID of the plant and as it is native to Malaysia, I have no doubt to assume that this species is a new record to Singapore's flora and might be native to Singapore.