FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

CV Term Report

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General Information

Term

photoreceptor

ID (Ontology)

FBbt:00005162 (Fly Anatomy)

Definition

A light sensitive sense organ.

Comment

Links to External Ontologies

VFB:FBbt_00005162

Annotations

Records annotated with this term OR any of its CHILD TERMS

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Direct annotations: records annotated with this exact term (child terms are NOT included)

Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Alleles (FBal)	PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN
Insertions (FBti)	EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION
Insertions (FBti)	PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN
Constructs (FBtp)	PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN
Constructs (FBtp)	USES

Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records

Full annotation statements	Relevant FlyBase reports
Full annotation statements	Alleles	Genes	Insertions	Constructs
photoreceptor (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
photoreceptor \| adult stage		--
photoreceptor \| adult stage \| progressive		--	--
photoreceptor \| adult stage \| progressive \| somatic clone		--	--	--
photoreceptor \| adult stage \| somatic clone		--	--	--
photoreceptor \| cell autonomous \| ectopic \| somatic clone		--	--
photoreceptor \| conditional		--	--
photoreceptor \| ectopic \| somatic clone		--	--
photoreceptor \| ectopic \| third instar larval stage		--	--
photoreceptor \| embryonic stage		--	--
photoreceptor \| heat sensitive		--	--
photoreceptor \| larval stage		--	--	--
photoreceptor \| precursor		--	--	--
photoreceptor \| progressive		--	--
photoreceptor \| progressive \| somatic clone		--		--
photoreceptor \| pupal stage		--
photoreceptor \| pupal stage \| somatic clone		--	--	--
photoreceptor \| somatic clone		--
photoreceptor \| somatic clone \| increased number \| third instar larval stage		--	--	--
photoreceptor \| somatic clone \| third instar larval stage		--	--
photoreceptor \| third instar larval stage		--

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

sensory system
 |__sense organ__________
 |__visual system________|
multicellular structure  |
 |__sense organ__________|
                         photoreceptor  15903 rec.
                          |__Bolwig organ 221 rec.
                          |__eye 15610 rec.
                          |   |__deep pseudopupil 6 rec.
                          |   |__eye dorsal compartment 7 rec.
                          |   |__eye equator 32 rec.
                          |   |__eye ventral compartment 6 rec.
                          |   |__interommatidial bristle 1135 rec.
                          |   |__pigment rim
                          |   |__retina(+) 9234 rec.
                          |   |__subretinal pigment layer
                          |__eyelet 9 rec.
                          |__ocellus 469 rec.
                          |   |__lateral ocellus 14 rec.
                          |   |__medial ocellus 17 rec.
                          |   |__ocellus lens(+) 10 rec.
                          |__ommatidium 5757 rec.
                              |__cone cell(+) 494 rec.
                              |__dorsal margin ommatidium(+) 52 rec.
                              |__eye photoreceptor cell(+) 2909 rec.
                              |__lens(+) 164 rec.
                              |__pale ommatidium(+) 62 rec.
                              |__primary pigment cell(+) 155 rec.
                              |__yellow ommatidium(+) 61 rec.

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Relationships
Is a	sense organ
Part of	visual system
Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms

Secondary IDs

External Crossreferences & Linkouts
	UBERON:0000970 VFB:FBbt_00005162