Bleaching Affects Aquarium Corals, Too (IMAGE) ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Caption The Australian saucer coral (Homophyllia australis), lives just off the coast of Mackay. With the worldwide demand for Australian aquarium corals increasing, a single aquarium specimen of Homophyllia australis fetched more than $8,000 AUD in Japan in 2017. However, bleaching events kill this particular species. Credit Ciemon Caballes. Usage Restrictions For single use with this story only, not for any other story. Must be credited to Ciemon Caballes. No archival permissions are granted. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.