... from failure, and it is surprising to find a swimming scallop in Antarctica, where low temperature increases the viscosity of seawater, decreases the power output of the adductor muscle and potentially compromises the energy storage capability of the hinge material (abductin, a protein rubber). How...

... be addressed. 13 10 1992 © 1993 by Company of Biologists 1993 scallop abductin swimming mechanical properties locomotion Placopecten magellanicus The family Pectinaceae have acquired the ability to swim through the development of a specialized hinge ligament (Trueman, 1953...