The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the larval heart over time, from its formation to the mature structure. In Drosophila the larval heart (dorsal vessel) is a continuous tube of mesodormal cells that runs beneath the dorsal midline of the epidermis, divided into an anterior aorta and a posterior heart proper.
larval lymph gland hemopoiesis +
larval somatic muscle development +
larval visceral muscle development
nematode larval development +
pericardium development +
post-embryonic animal organ morphogenesis +
post-embryonic camera-type eye development +
post-embryonic ectodermal digestive tract development +