Dendro, have you ever checked out Fabricius and Alderslade's "Soft Corals and Sea Fans"? There is a lot of good info for identifying gorgonians. Personally, I'm not very good with IDing even when I have detailed information like this book gives. Even so, I'm kinda doubtful about the blue gorgonian you have being a Guaiagorgia. The only real similarity I see is that it is a blue gorg with blue polyps. The polyps on the Guaiagorgia are quite a bit smaller in relation to the thickness of the branches than the one in your picture. Also, the polyps are completely retractile, which doesn't appear to be the case for the one in your picture. However, I guess it is rather difficult to tell from such a small specimen. Again, I'm a novice at best at this.
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