FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
CV Term Report
Help Close All Open All
General Information
Term knob in pit sensillum ID (Ontology) FBbt:00002715 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Paired external sensillum situated dorso-laterally on the larval head and consisting of a knob shaped cuticular structure located in a pit and innervated by 3 dendrites - one terminating at its base and the other two extending into the knob. Putative combined mechanoreceptor (Singh and Singh, 1984) and taste sensillum (Singh, 1997).[ FlyBase:FBrf0074007 FlyBase:FBrf0100249 ]
Also Known As "KIP"
Comment
Links to External Ontologies
VFB:FBbt_00002715
Annotations
Records annotated with this term OR any of its CHILD TERMS
No relevant records available
Records annotated with this exact term (annotations to child terms are NOT included)
No relevant records available
show Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records
No relevant statements available
Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)
Only view relationship:
head sensillum
 |__embryonic/larval head sensillum__
sense organ                          |
 |__mechanosensory sensory organ_____|
chemosensory sensory organ           |
 |__gustatory sensory organ__________|
external sensillum                   |
 |__pit sensillum____________________|
larval sensillum                     |
 |__embryonic/larval head sensillum__|
embryonic/larval head sense organ    |
 |__embryonic/larval head sensillum__|
                                     knob in pit sensillum
Spanning Tree View Settings
Parents/Children
View Depth
Show hierarchy levels: for parents, for children
hide Relationships
Is a mechanosensory sensory organ
gustatory sensory organ
pit sensillum
embryonic/larval head sensillum
Part of
hide Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
Secondary IDs
hide External Crossreferences & Linkouts
VFB:FBbt_00002715